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David Boyce <David@piano.plus.com>; <br>
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<pianotech@ptg.org>; <br>
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[pianotech] Cartoons (was Curiously Curvaceous repetition lever) <br>
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Tue, Sep 25, 2012 8:32:46 PM <br>
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<td valign="top" style="font:inherit;">> And, Dear Sir, I regret to inform you that you have conflated 2 American classic cartoons: the "Tom and Jerry" cartoon (MGM) featuring H.R. #2, and the "Bugs Bunny" cartoon (Warner Brothers) also featuring this great Liszt piece. Please be aware that we take our cartoons very seriously, here!!!<BR>Oh I assure you gentle sir, verily, that I conflate nothing! We take our cartoons seriously here too! I shared an office for years with my colleague Martin who teaches animation.<BR><BR>I am aware of both the Tom & Jerry and the Bugs Bunny animations. In the latter, Bugs Bunny has competition from a little mouse inside the piano, who in fact ends up finishing the piece on a tiny piano of his own. En route, a trill becomes the phone ringing, the aria "Figaro" emerges, and there is a boogie wooogie interlude. The mouse, who doesn't speak, also has a little
flute.<BR><BR>Best regards,<BR><BR>David.<BR><BR></td>
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