<!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 5.50.4915.500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" text=#000000 = bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    David, when we had = our Shigeru opening Ceremony here in Scottsdale, all the biggees from Japan where = there. (If they're reading this I would advise them that the term biggees means = most revered and exalted ones.)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Anyway, everyone was = pronouncing it She ger (rhymes with air) oo. She-gair-oo. Emphasis on the middle syllable.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Most importantly, = they are simply awesome instruments, and a complete joy to work on. My dream is = to have 750 clients who all own them, with only me as their technician.  ( = Probably still wouldn't be happy, though. I can hear myself saying "It's always = the same ol' thing, just give me a spinet once in a while to show me how lucky I am.)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Kevin E. Ramsey<BR><A href="mailto:ramsey@extremezone.com">ramsey@extremezone.com</A></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=dm.porritt@verizon.net = href="mailto:dm.porritt@verizon.net">David M. Porritt</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, April 06, 2002 = 7:48 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> reading</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>I am not the fastest reader in the world, and the main reason is = that I hear all the words and they enter my brain as a sound.  (I am an = aural rather than visual person.)  As a result each word has to have a pronunciation -- a correct one if possible.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'm tired of reading Kawai ads slowly.  How do you pronounce = "Shigeru"??????</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>dave</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>