<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Good thoughts, David,</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">How have you all handled the retirement
homes? I get little old ladys trying to hum along with notes being
tuned, or standing over me for some time and then ask "What are you
doing" or across the room to their deaf friends saying" I don't
know what he's playing, but I wish he'd stop!"(That one always makes
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<br><tt><font size=2>I don't mind having an audience, particularly if they
take an interest. I <br>
think it would be a bit un-nerving if the whole family sat silently and
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watched, though. I would defintely try and engage them in some way.<br>
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The variety of responses shown by children is interesting. I love it when
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they show an interest. I find it weird when, as sometimes happens,
they're <br>
in the room but completely ignore me. I always try and address a
remark or <br>
two, to see what happens. One little boy and girl in a house recently,
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answered in monosyllables and returned to their silent play with their
toys. <br>
Strange.<br>
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In the case of a small child who comes up to the piano and starts thumping
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keys while I am trying to tune, I fold my hands in my lap and if they're
old <br>
enough for language, say "Well now, I can't do my thing until you're
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finished, so I'll just wait". It's not up to me to tell them
what to do in <br>
their own house. Hopefully the parent gets the message that the piano isn't
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getting tuned, and intervenes!<br>
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David. <br>
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