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Date: | Wed, 4 Jan 1995 21:59:57 -0800 |
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Dave Kelzenberg wrote--
> BTW, has *everyone* had the following experience, or am I the only one?
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> At a party, I was conversing with a woman, who was fascinated when I told
> her that I played harpsichord. She said, "We have a wonderful old
> harpsichord up in the attic. It's an old antique,....
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> Of course, a little more conversation brought the realization that she
> was talking about an autoharp, not a harpsichord.
>
Yes, I have had a similar experience. I got a call from a music teacher
in a small town here in Oregon who asked me if I tuned harpsichords (yes)
- she had gotten my name from the University. I asked her what make of
instrument it was - she said she didn't know, but had two of them. (Two
harpsichords in a rural Oregon school? - that made me suspicious). I asked
how large they were and she said "about 20 inches by 30" - so then I knew
what she was talking about. I informed her that these were in fact
autoharps, that the harpsichord was totally different. "Oh, what is it
then?" and I explained in a nutshell what a harpsichord was. "Oh, I
never knew that!" (This is from a certified (!?) music teacher?).
Anyway, she did bring them by and I tuned them and reglued fallen off pads
on one that otherwise would've worked well for Crumb's Banshee.
Julia Harlow
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