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BILL !! you've lost weight !! :)
<p>Fun to get in the news... congrats
<br>RicB
<p>Bill Ballard wrote:
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Remember
the Krakauer grand which I told of finishing up for last Easter Sunday,
at the Congo Church just south of me. (Among other things, I showed up
for the pre-service pancake breakfast, got roped into a choir rehearsal,
as stayed fro the service.) I included a long-shot picture of the piano
in the sanctuary. ("Easter Sunday" 4/20/03) The Church members put
off plans for an inaugural concert until this Fall (actually this
Saturday upcoming). And there was a nice story in the local paper on Tues.
(first page of which posted here as a graphic, the remaining text at the
url below). I still can't believe how well this piano lasted, sitting
as it did for decades, derelict in a dusty old grange hall. The beech action
parts were fracturing, strings were popping, applique carving was falling
off and walking away. But under neath this near-century of neglect was
a very string board and block (I went from 2/0x2.375 to 3/0x2.5 and it
feels brand-new.) Since then I've found an identical Krakauer 4 years older
in a Unitarian Church the next town over, with the same strong signs of
what it has to offer, speaking through the 100 year-old materials. So there's
my fifteen minutes of fame. Bill Ballard RPTNH Chapter, P.T.G.
<p>"All God's Children got Rhythm"
<br> ...........Ivy Anderson in "A Day at the Races"+++++++++++++++++++++ <A HREF="http://www.reformer.com/Stories/0,1413,10">http://www.reformer.com/Stories/0,1413,10</A><span
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<br>Richard Brekne
<br>RPT, N.P.T.F.
<br>UiB, Bergen, Norway
<br><A HREF="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A>
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