<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html>   Robert Goodale wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>Hold the phone... for the record I am not the "Thumpist".  His post was at the bottom, not mine!  (I don't think you were referring to me but I want to get the record straight in case someone else didn't get it).</blockquote> Gee Bob.... does that then make you the Thump-ee ?? :) Or perhaps the Thumped ??.... <blockquote TYPE=CITE>  BTW, wasn't Thumper a little baby deer who didn't quite understand what the meaning of life was about?  As I recall he was always saying things that didn't make sense and having to be corrected.  He even named a skunk "flower".  Interesting isn't it.</blockquote> Yes... I believe I made that point a month or so back. Seems somehow befitting does it not ?? :) <blockquote TYPE=CITE>  Perhaps "thump" could also be regarded as a verb:  "I really thumped up today", or "The piano I worked on really thumped", or "The weather is really thumpy today".</blockquote> Oh we could have real fun with this one.... How many different gramitical and at the same time piano- relevant useages of the word thump. Lets see....  does anyone have a Thumpiant Tuning Hammer ? <blockquote TYPE=CITE>  Rob Goodale, RPT Las Vegas, NV   <a href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives"></a> </blockquote> Cheers RIcB -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway <A HREF="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> <A HREF="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A>  </html>