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<DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica>Years ago I was asked to tune a piano =
in a
nursing home for the extreme debilitated. Most of the residence =
were
marginal vegetables, those who had limited awareness were mostly unable =
to walk
by themselves. As I set things up one of the staff came up with =
the idea
that what I was doing could somehow qualify as "entertainment". =
One at a
time the room, (a large common room if memory serves), filled up =
with
residence in wheel chairs. They were pushing them in like an =
assembly
line! By the time I was actually turning tuning pins there were =
about 20
of them.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>At first it went okay, no notable =
problems. I felt
awkward having so many eyes on me but I began to realize that most of =
these
people were in such a bad state they hardly knew where they =
were.
Unfortunately the idea of "entertainment" that the staff person =
visualized never
materialized. Instead as I repetitively pounded one note after =
another
they slowly began moaning in protest. After a while one barely =
conscious
lady cried out "stop that damn noise!" There of course was nothing =
I could
do about it and I went about my business with a chorus of moaning and =
complaints
in the background. I was very happy to leave that place, very =
depressing!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Rob Goodale, RPT</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Las Vegas, NV</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>