<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1505" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; = FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 = rightMargin=7> <DIV>Wim,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'd have to say, "do not be disheartened". There were most likely = quite a number of separate and different reasons that individuals did not = attend. Also, if this was the first time you presented a recital, very possibly = there was not enough awareness among the faculty yet for them to feel = interest. Give another....and yet another. Give some time and space for word to get = around. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>BTW, I'm wondering about tuning a piano for use with handbells. I = once measured a handbell as having negative inharmonicity; and, decided based = upon this not to stretch a piano quite a much as usual. Anybody have any = thoughts or advice about this??</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Regards,</DIV> <DIV>Robin Blankenship</DIV> <DIV>Matoaca, VA</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Wimblees@aol.com = href="mailto:Wimblees@aol.com">Wimblees@aol.com</A> </DIV> <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> Wednesday, October 19, = 2005 4:08 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [CAUT] lack of = support</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2> <DIV>As most of you know, I play handbells. Last year I was given a shop/office that is big enough to set up 3 octave set of handbells. = For those of you that are not familiar with this, my shop is so big, that this = requires and area of about 20' by 8', and I still have enough room left over = for my desk, work benches and cabinets, and to set up a grand piano. But = never mind about that. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>With the handbells set up all the time, I had the opportunity to = practice a lot, and so I decided to put on a recital at the music school. On = the program I played 8 solos, my wife and I played 6 duets, with a = friend from church a trio, and I had the Crimson Ringers, the student = handbell ensemble which I direct, play 2 pieces.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The recital was last Thursday, and it went very well. We had a = very appreciative audience of about 70 people show up. But the audience was = made up of people from my church, the community chorus my wife and I sing in, = and other people from the community. But as far as I know, there were no = School of Music faculty in the audience. I had sent out an invitation to all the = faculty and staff, and there were posters all around the building announcing = the recital, but not one of them showed up. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I can understand that handbells are not for everyone, and I know = there were some faculty members that were out of town or had other = obligations. But you would think that out of 40 people, one or two of them would have = the time to come and hear the recital. On the one hand I am grateful for the = people that did show up, but on the other hand, I am somewhat disappointed = with the lack of support from the faculty. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Have any of you had a similar experience?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim <BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>