<DIV> <TABLE class=messageheader cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD class=label noWrap>Date:</TD> <TD>Tue, 30 Aug 2005 01:34:52 +0100 (BST)</TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=label noWrap>From:</TD> <TD>"Robert Wilson" <pianotechnicianuk@yahoo.com></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=label noWrap>To:</TD> <TD>"Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org></TD></TR> <TR> <TD class=label noWrap>Subject:</TD> <TD>Re: Question for tuner/techs who play.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <DIV class="messageinfo separator"> <P><STRONG>Plain Text Attachment</STRONG> [ <A href="http://us.f810.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter/file.txt?box=Inbox&MsgId=4352_14224501_28220_1711_13362_0_25131_47516_3970916823&bodyPart=3.5.TEXT&filename=file.txt&download=1&YY=15818&order=up&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b&Idx=4"><FONT face=Verdana color=#003399>Download File</FONT></A> | <A href="http://us.f810.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter/file.txt?box=Inbox&MsgId=4352_14224501_28220_1711_13362_0_25131_47516_3970916823&bodyPart=3.5.TEXT&DataName=&filename=file.txt&Briefcase=1&tnef=&YY=15818&order=up&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b&Idx=4"><FONT face=Verdana color=#003399>Save to Yahoo! Briefcase</FONT></A> ] </P></DIV><PRE><TT>Back in the 1970s a musical spiritualist medium called Rosemary Brown claimed to have written down pieces dictated to her by chopin (amongst others). She gave recitals and some of the pieces were recorded by competent concert pianists of the day. She's now gone to join Chopin in the other place too! Bob </TT></PRE><PRE><TT><STRONG><FONT face="comic sans ms" color=#c00000>Ah, yes...Rosemary. Under the tutelage (whilst dreaming) of Franz Liszt, as I </FONT></STRONG></TT></PRE><PRE><TT></TT><TT><STRONG><FONT face="comic sans ms" color=#c00000>recall, though having heard the recording of her actually playing, she seemed not</FONT></STRONG></TT></PRE><PRE><TT><STRONG><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#c00000>to have learned a great deal! Seems she was afraid of Bach (very stern) and </FONT></STRONG></TT></PRE><PRE><TT><STRONG><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#c00000>Beethoven (wild) and I seem to recall that she thought Brahms simply didn't have </FONT></STRONG></TT></PRE><PRE><TT><STRONG><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#c00000>anything to say to her (memory is shaky at that point). Even Sir Jack Westrup </FONT></STRONG></TT></PRE><PRE><TT><STRONG><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#c00000>was convinced that it was not a hoax...though others...</FONT></STRONG></TT></PRE><PRE><TT><STRONG><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#c00000>Thanks for the memories..........</FONT></STRONG></TT></PRE></DIV><BR><BR><DIV>Stan Ryberg <BR>Barrington IL <BR><U>jstan40@sbcglobal.net</U></DIV>