<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US vlink="#000000"> <div class=Section1> Tuners, <o:p> </o:p> You might find this funny.   Some time back I ran across a new term that I had not heard before.   Keep in mind that I am a blind person who uses a screen reader on my computer.   Also I keep an extensive list of terms that I started for the students at the Piano hospital many years ago.    <o:p> </o:p> Now because the voice on my computer is not trained for piano terms, it pronounced the word, “bitcherd”.   I copied the word to a file to add in to my list later and life went on.   Just yesterday, I ran across the word, “try chord” and you guessed it, the computer voice pronounced it “bitcherd”.   Now that I had a couple of words to add in I took them together and read them letter for letter to put them in alphabetical order.   You can imagine my surprise when I saw the spelling and realized that I had been living in suspense for a few weeks for no reason.    <o:p> </o:p> I hope the thread of this humor is getting across, but I will never read “by chord or try chord” again without chuckling. <o:p> </o:p> William <o:p> </o:p> Who thinks being blind is just grand, <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p>     <o:p> </o:p> </div> </body> </html>