>
> On Tue, 4 Oct 1994, Michael Fitz wrote:
> > Another related trivia question: who said that the sound of the
> > harpsichord reminded him of skeletons fornicating on a tin roof?
> >
> Wasn't that Wanda Landowska?? ;-)  Seriously,I've heard lots of
> attributions on this one (and I think you have misquoted the verb,
> Mike!), including Artur Rubenstein and Arturo Toscanini.  However, the
> name which seems to have the most credence is Sir Thomas Beecham, from
> whose salty sense of humor this would be most appropriate.
>
> Dave Kelzenberg
 
Beecham sounds right.  But, hey, isn't this  a family show?!  I will see
if I can find where I originally read this.
 
By the by, did you look up the Pleyel Kit thing in the 9/92 Diapason?
 
--Mike Fitz