On Aug 8, 2012, at 3:08 PM, Mugsy Lunsford wrote: > the people you meet... > > Once, during a coffee shop visit in Hollywood, I and two friends were > discussing music, when an older gent dressed in 1940's tweed complete with > cap, paused at our table. We'd been talking about transposing between various > instruments and fiddle, and the man said "Transposing is so much easier when > you can just flip a lever, isn't it?" We all chuckled, and I said "well yes, > but not everyone has that capability." The man chuckled and said "ah, but I > do, you see, I have Berlin's spinet." My jaw fell open and I sat up straight. > 'You have Irving Berlin's spinet? How did you wind up with that?" He said > "someone had to have it, and I happened to be the one." Tipped his hat and > strolled away, leaving me gasping, and my friends completely stunned. None of > the staff knew who he was. Irving Berlin hated to transpose, so he had a > special piano made with a levered bar in front, so he could change the key > without changing the fingering. Great story, cool memory, but not anything as > cool as this story: > > http://joelrunyon.com/two3/an-unexpected-ass-kicking
Wowsers...that is a coffee house conversation for the ages. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
