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<DIV>While I agree with much of what you said in this post, you have
overstated your case in "most pianos students . . ." That maybe true at
SFSU (where my son went to school) but certainly not at Juilliard, Curtis,
Indiana University or even USC-Thornton.</DIV>
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<DIV>Jim Frazee</DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>