<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 4/12/2001 12:19:47 PM Mid-Atlantic Daylight Time,
<BR>drwoodwind@hotmail.com writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">make this as NOT boring as possible, so I'm taking all
<BR>suggestions for demos, visual aides, handouts, etc. The labs where I'll be
<BR>speaking are full electronic labs, but both have 'real' pianos there too.
<BR>Since I'm the one that services these pianos, I can pretty much do anything
<BR>I want. So what do you think?
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<BR>thanks in advance!
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<BR>Hi:
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<BR>I've done this many times and suggest you bring old double wound and single
<BR>strings, action parts, springs,hammers, tuning pins- etc., enough to pass
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<BR> while you are talking about them. Use visual aids-a chalkboard- and bring
<BR>electronic tuner if you use one. Detune some notes and let them hear you
<BR>bring them back to "center". Alll fascinating stuff for kids of all ages-6
<BR>to 60. Have really enjoyed the responses I have had. One school has me back
<BR> every year. I have made their Hall of Fame and am called the "Piano
<BR>Doctor". Have even made the local newspapers two times. Great Fun!
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<BR>Bob Bergantino, RPT
<BR>Willoughby Hills, Ohio
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