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#1308566 - 11/19/09 02:48 PM this is cool
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if you put the top of your head on the fallboard as firmly as possible and play..

omgosh!

the complexity of tone is greatly enhanced. (boosted maybe)
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#1308586 - 11/19/09 03:16 PM Re: this is cool [Re: apple*]
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That’s called “extra sensory perception”! The sound waves travel into you head as well as into your ears!

You make me smile, Apple!! I hope you are doing well!

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#1308594 - 11/19/09 03:30 PM Re: this is cool [Re: Rickster]
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Would you want to do that during your recital, however?
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#1308614 - 11/19/09 04:19 PM Re: this is cool [Re: moscheles001]
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Imagine what you would experience if you got underneath and strapped your body to the sound board! All sorts of sensations I expect. (How did Jerry Lee put that again?)

Only problem would be the need for very long arms...

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#1308883 - 11/19/09 10:52 PM Re: this is cool [Re: moscheles001]
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Originally Posted By: moscheles001
Would you want to do that during your recital, however?

Well, it might help get it covered in the local paper..... smile
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#1308888 - 11/19/09 10:56 PM Re: this is cool [Re: Mark_C]
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One of the best places to hear a piano is to lie down underneath it.

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#1308896 - 11/19/09 11:10 PM Re: this is cool [Re: Cy Shuster, RPT]
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Similarly, if you turn the volume all the way down on your record player, and grip a drumstick* between your teeth (a pencil also works), and let the far end of the drumstick rest gently on the headshell (the bit where the needle attaches to the tonearm) you can hear the music almost as clearly as if it were amplified.

How I discovered this, I'm not sure. I'm sane most of the time, really...

*percussion implement, not chicken, ideally. Even though it makes more sense to put the latter in your mouth, it'd be less good for this exercise.


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#1308958 - 11/20/09 01:29 AM Re: this is cool [Re: djtoast]
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Originally Posted By: djtoast
*percussion implement, not chicken, ideally. Even though it makes more sense to put the latter in your mouth, it'd be less good for this exercise.


LOL

Cathy

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#1309054 - 11/20/09 08:44 AM Re: this is cool [Re: jotur]
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Better yet, lie underneath and let the chicken play the piano.
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#1309059 - 11/20/09 09:00 AM Re: this is cool [Re: moscheles001]
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i feel like i am being mocked

heh
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#1309084 - 11/20/09 09:36 AM Re: this is cool [Re: apple*]
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Not at all, and I'm very sorry if you got that impression.
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#1309120 - 11/20/09 10:51 AM Re: this is cool [Re: moscheles001]
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i'm just kidding.. i don't mind being mocked.. i love humor.
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#1309143 - 11/20/09 11:23 AM Re: this is cool [Re: moscheles001]
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Originally Posted By: moscheles001
Better yet, lie underneath and let the chicken play the piano.


Do you still have to put the chicken in your mouth?
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#1309144 - 11/20/09 11:25 AM Re: this is cool [Re: Brent B]
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Now you're just being silly.
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#1309179 - 11/20/09 12:15 PM Re: this is cool [Re: moscheles001]
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The main thing is to get a chicken with some skill. A lot of them only know the "hunt and peck" style of playing...

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#1309191 - 11/20/09 12:30 PM Re: this is cool [Re: birchy]
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And their favorite composer is Johann Sebastain Bawk.
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