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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Avery.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>By subventionned orchestra, I meant an orchestra
whose costs are paid by the State. Sorry for my poor unsubventionned
english. In small Belgium, the land is divided into two major subcountries
: Flanders and Walloony. Flanders is richer than Walloony. I
unfortunately happen to live in the Walloony side of the land. To give you
an example of the kind of bucks we get in here for artistic work, I had an
important order from the state to compose a 40 minutes piece for a 30 person
orchestra. It took me more than one year to achieve this. They paid
me 3000 euros, which is about 4000 US dollars. One year work. Now
you know why I tweak old pianos.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What is the correct english term for orchestra paid
by state ?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best regards</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stéphane Collin.</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=avery1@houston.rr.com href="mailto:avery1@houston.rr.com">Avery</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 04, 2007 11:02
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: electronics replacing
pianos?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2>Stéphane,
<BR><BR></FONT><FONT size=3>What is a </FONT><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica"
size=2>subventionned orchestra? </FONT>I've never heard that term before.
<BR><BR><FONT size=3>Avery <BR><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>