<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:v = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1 = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16587" name=GENERATOR><o:SmartTagType name="PostalCode" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="State" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="PersonName" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType> <STYLE>  </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US vLink=blue link=blue bgColor=white> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>I always have had trouble finding the "melody" in that stuff also............   but I listened in complete awe that those who were performing knew every second where EVERYTHING was, and were able to put their minds into "CREATE", and the incredible results had meaning in each beat, each chord- even though I couldn't always follow it.  I have always wondered what was wrong with me- because I coudn't approach magic like that.    But I have had a concert artist or two thank me for being able to pull a unison in so that it would stay, and a few judges at competitions express appreciation that I kept the piano so accurately tuned that their job became pleasure instead of pain.   A great sadness came to me when the word was out Mr. Peterson was gone.   A large chunk of VALUE has been lost to the planet- and though I can't ever rise to such a level, I am grateful that I have managed to help with a few of their instruments, thus being a small part of bringing joy to many who are able to understand what I do not.  I have been honored, even lacking much understanding, to have been a tiny part in the success of some great keyboard artists. There is satisfaction in knowing a single unison can make a contribution to things I don't fully understand...................</DIV> <DIV>les bartlett</DIV> <DIV>houston </DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of tom Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2007 7:55 PM To: 'Pianotech List' Subject: RE: Oscar Peterson </DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=Section1> Duaine,<o:p></o:p>             You bring Idiocy to a new level.<o:p></o:p> I’ve been on list for 10 years and your post is the most insulting contribution I have yet seen.<o:p></o:p>             I can tolerate your woe is me crap and your chicken little references to Microsoft, but you have reached all new levels now.<o:p></o:p>             Get off this list and do us all a favor.<o:p></o:p> You disgust me.<o:p></o:p>             <o:p></o:p> Tom Driscoll<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center> <HR tabIndex=-1 align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </DIV> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Hechler Family Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2007 6:41 PM To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Pianotech List</st1:PersonName> Subject: Re: Oscar Peterson<o:p></o:p></DIV> <o:p> </o:p> I listened to this all the way through. I never could get used to this form of jazz because WHERE THE HELL IS THE MELODY ? I really don't play BUT I could probably come up with something like he is doing! No offense to anyone who likes this form of jazz but being my teenage years was the 60's and 70's, this sounds like something composed on cocaine or pot. Tom Driscoll wrote: <o:p></o:p> <DIV>  <o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> <DIV>  <o:p></o:p></DIV></DIV> <DIV> <o:p> </o:p></DIV> <DIV> Ahhhh----So long <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Big</st1:City> <st1:State w:st="on">Man.</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV>     Tom D.<o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV>     <o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV> <A href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=-Ebo12xg4ws">http://youtube.com/watch?v=-Ebo12xg4ws</A><o:p></o:p></DIV> <o:p></o:p><PRE>-- <o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>Duaine Hechler<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>Associate Member of the Piano Technicians Guild<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>Reed Organ Society Member<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">St. Louis</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">MO</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">63034</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>(314) 838-5587<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><A href="mailto:dahechler@charter.net">dahechler@charter.net</A><o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE><A href="http://www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com">www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com</A><o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>--<o:p></o:p></PRE><PRE>Home & Business user of Linux - 9+ years<o:p></o:p></PRE></DIV> No virus found in this incoming message. 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