[pianotech] Pear Wood

[Horace Greeley]

Hi, Paul,

At 04:37 PM 2/14/2011, you wrote:
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>In a message dated 2/14/2011 6:35:37 P.M. Central Standard Time, 
>hgreeley at sonic.net writes:
>...te absolvo...
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>for a "mia" culpa, wouldn't that be "ti" absolvo? Or that Robert 
>Culpa's daughter? :-)

Can't speak for/about the daughter.

And while we seem to be moving in that general direction, a "mia" 
culpa might be a reference to Mia Farrow...

More on point, while "ti" is found fairly often in online postings 
(Facebook, etc), "te" is more traditional usage.  That said, I'm 
definitely neither a Latin scholar or a scholar of Latin.  I've only 
learned enough to get through administering the basic Rites without 
making a complete fool of myself.  So far, it's been very useful in 
various chaplaincy settings when different Rites may be asked for and 
there are no Roman clergy available.

Getting back to more piano-related stuff, and, picking up where we 
left off above, perhaps, when examining the damper heads on a more 
modern piano (or one of questionable origin), one might be tempted to 
exclaim something along the lines of:

"...it's hard to be sure, but whatever these damper heads may be made 
of, it apPEARs to be wood...".

baDUM!

Best.

Horace