<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>As Pogo would say, "Oog"</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE>P { MARGIN: 0px } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16587" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>They are listening to the piano so frequently that they do not perceive the slight changes that ultimately add up to "oh my, it sounds awful".  Sort of like hair growing.  You don't notice until all of a sudden you desperately need that haircut. JMO</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Debbie L.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=pianotuner@embarqmail.com href="mailto:pianotuner@embarqmail.com">Alan Barnard</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> Thursday, January 31, 2008 10:24 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> As Pogo would say, "Oog"</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Biggest mystery in the piano business: How can so many talented people--who've spent years and years practicing the piano--have such lousy ears? Especially some music and piano teachers I have met, and a couple of conservatory-trained classicists.  <BR><BR>Alan Barnard<BR>Salem, MO<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>