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voiced, and tuned piano aesthetically pleasing? We learn as we study =
the craft that our own sensory perceptors develop and experience =
intricate factors of touch and tone on a more significant level. This =
increased recognition and appreciation enhances the experience and in =
many cases becomes a significant driving force throughout =
life.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>What is =
the motivation? Is it the piano literature that we are attracted to? =
Is it the sound of the instrument? Is it the instrument itself that =
attracts us, the internal workings of it? Is it the ability to =
transform a poor performer into an excellent one? Or do we like all =
piano regardless of what they feel and sound like? </DIV><DIV><BR =
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SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV><DIV>On Oct 7, 2005, at 11:24 PM, Greg Graham =
wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE =
type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I was drafted to serve as my =
chapter's program chair,</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">primarily =
responsible for coming up with topics for</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: =
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">technical training at our monthly meetings.<SPAN =
class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>My</DIV><DIV =
style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">quandry is coming up with topics that are of =
interest</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">to those who have been in the =
biz for 30 years.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DI=
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margin-left: 0px; ">Newbies are easy.<SPAN =
class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Everything is interesting to =
them</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">(me, us). <SPAN =
class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: =
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min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Would you, my =
fellow listers, take just a moment to</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">list =
your favorite technical topics?<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> =
</SPAN>Perhaps a</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">sentence on what turned you on =
the most about it/them?</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; =
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margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV =
style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Any chapter activity is fair game: technical =
classes,</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">discussions, experiments, =
forums, or tours, (perhaps</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">even social =
events like parties or picnics).<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> =
</SPAN>What did</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">you do over the last year that =
you liked the most?</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
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"><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Thanks,<SPAN =
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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Greg =
Graham</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Brodheadsville, PA</DIV><DIV =
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0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Yahoo! =
Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005<SPAN =
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margin-left: 0px; ">pianotech list info: <A =
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