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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Get well soon Wim, drink some chicken =
broth
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<DIV>Joe Goss<BR><A
href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A
href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI=
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Wimblees@aol.com =
href="mailto:Wimblees@aol.com">Wimblees@aol.com</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org
href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 28, 2003 =
6:35
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> after ring =
revisited</DIV>
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Our mezzo is giving a recital this evening, with =
the
accompanist, who is not a member of the faculty here, using our new D. =
This
afternoon, after tuning the piano, I went home, because I'm sick with =
the flu
and a bronchial condition. At 7 o'clock, the mezzo calls me, and says =
the low
D on the piano is "funky" and could I come and fix it. I drive to =
school,
(which is 15 minutes away), and meet with the accompanist. He says =
last piece
ends with a loud d chord, and the low D continues to ring on. I play =
the note,
and guess what? The damper stops the note, but it is the overtones =
that are
continuing to ring, for at least 1.5 seconds. I tell him there is =
nothing
wrong, and it's supposed to be that way. He says he has never heard it =
that
loud and that long before on other pianos. I went over to our other D, =
and
played the same note, with the same intensity, and had the same =
result, just
to prov! e to him that they all sound that way. <BR><BR>So if there is =
nothing
wrong, and it's supposed to be that way, how do I explain that there =
is
nothing wrong to an accomplished musician? <BR><BR>Wim<BR>Univ. of
Alabama.<BR><BR>I'm going home to bed now.
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