Can someone tell me what's going on?

[Hmoll]

First we have a cooking utensil going on self imposed exile. Then we have a whole crop of new people posting here who seem to all know each other.

So, do you new guys play the piano?

Oh yeah, and welcome.

[janice]

Hmoll, that is EXACTLY what I was thinking!!

GMTA (=Great Minds Think Alike)

[chickering9]

There are a lot of us new refugees from less hospitable parts of the internet universe, myself included.  We'll blend in soon enough.  (I hope. I promise you only the good people refugeed.  )  Pleased to meet you and pleased to see some old familiar faces who've kept their sanctuary over here quite a secret.

Oh--and I do play the piano!  Actually, I live for it.

[jodi]

I play.  I took lessons growing up, then moved away from the piano. (literally)  When I was settled again, after a zillion years of school,  I made my way through a couple of old uprights.  Recently (as in about four years ago) we managed a nice grand.  So I'm serious about music again, and one of my kids is learning as well.  

Jodi

[Hmoll]

Hmoll, that is EXACTLY what I was thinking!!

GMTA (=Great Minds Think Alike)

OK, so we're on the case.  
I wish I could make on of those chat sessions, but I never seem to be free.

[jazzyprof]

I think the reason for the recent influx of newbie adult refugees is that some of Bernhard's amazing posts were quoted on the Piano World forum.  That man shines like a beacon on the internet!

[Hmoll]

I think the reason for the recent influx of newbie adult refugees is that some of Bernhard's amazing posts were quoted on the Piano World forum.  That man shines like a beacon on the internet!

I think something else is afoot.

[brewtality]

I think the reason for the recent influx of newbie adult refugees is that some of Bernhard's amazing posts were quoted on the Piano World forum.  That man shines like a beacon on the internet!

indeed his helpfulness even crosses the language barrier.

[athykay]

Who is this Bernhard.  He sounds like some venerated Wizard of Pianoforum.  He's not from France by anay change?   Bernard, is it you?

[calidris]

So, do you new guys play the piano?

Yup, for fifteen years now.

Greatest hobby I've ever had! 

[Hmoll]

Who is this Bernhard.  He sounds like some venerated Wizard of Pianoforum.  He's not from France by anay change?   Bernard, is it you?

Bernhard is a teacher who posts here. He gives one or two lessons when he's not blowing out the bandwidth here. Some of what he says actually makes sense - i'm kidding Bernhard.

As far as you newcomers, and I hope I'm not breaching confidentiality but:

athykay, you're an obvious anagram from the other place.

Alice Oliver,  i recognize your lower case style anywhere.

Chickering9 - well that's obvious.



Oh yeah, and tell Jack Appleseed I've got his number - you're closest ath.


THis is all in jest of course

[Nina_too]

hmoll, you are good!  Now see if you can figure out who I am....? 

I've played piano nearly all my life... started when I was about 6 and my older sister was taking lessons.  No way was she going to be doing anything that I wasn't doing!  So I grabbed up her lesson books (Schuam, IIRC) and taught myself to play.  Made my sister so mad that she quit lessons.  I was pretty much self-taught up until college when I started taking "real" lessons.  I'm currently studying with a really fantastic teacher who is providing me all sorts of tips 'n tricks on accompaniment.  Handy, since I accompany 4 choirs and have my last holiday "gig" this afternoon!  Whoopee!

Should we know who you are, from Over There?

[Hmoll]

hmoll, you are good!  Now see if you can figure out who I am....? 

I've played piano nearly all my life... started when I was about 6 and my older sister was taking lessons.  No way was she going to be doing anything that I wasn't doing!  So I grabbed up her lesson books (Schuam, IIRC) and taught myself to play.  Made my sister so mad that she quit lessons.  I was pretty much self-taught up until college when I started taking "real" lessons.  I'm currently studying with a really fantastic teacher who is providing me all sorts of tips 'n tricks on accompaniment.  Handy, since I accompany 4 choirs and have my last holiday "gig" this afternoon!  Whoopee!

Should we know who you are, from Over There?

You, of course, are the corny person.

(Unless you're Apple in disguise)

[alice oliver]

so who are YOU, hmoll?  hmmm??

[Nina_too]

You, of course, are the corny person.

(Unless you're Apple in disguise)

Nope, she's a fruit.  I'm a vegetable! 

[Hmoll]

so who are YOU, hmoll?  hmmm??

You're no fun. Can't you guess?

[Nina_too]

Beeflat?
B minor?

[Jack Appleseed]

You're no fun. Can't you guess?

Ax?

[Hmoll]

Nina,
No.

Jack "nipping at your nose" Appleseed,
No. Ax posts under Axtremus here.

Any more guesses?

[alice oliver]

matt?

or

the guy in the fishnet stockings, oooo, mentalpause attack, his name just flew out of my head....

oh, now i remember..

brendan?

[Jack Appleseed]

Well it has to be a Coffee Room person because I don't post in the Piano threads and it has to be someone who is NOT a Leberal Refugee or he/she would have known what was going on.

ja

[Hmoll]

matt?

or

the guy in the fishnet stockings, oooo, mentalpause attack, his name just flew out of my head....

oh, now i remember..

brendan?

No.

Shall I start planting hints throughout the forum?

[alice oliver]

no, you'll just drive us insane.  why don't you tell us?

[Jack Appleseed]

Matt couldn't possible post that much here and in Piano World.

Brendan is a good guess Alice (and I have a lot of faith in Alice's instincts).

[Hmoll]

no, you'll just drive us insane.  why don't you tell us?

Think of how much your post count will go up from all the guesses.

[alice oliver]

i'm mostly just worried about getting obsessed and not getting enough work done in real life!  please, spare us!   

he already said he isn't brendan. 

[Torvald]

I am new so I can not tell you what is going on. It seem you all know the others well. Is this a club?

[Hmoll]

I am new so I can not tell you what is going on. It seem you all know the others well. Is this a club?

Welcome Torvald.
Don't worry. They seem to know each other, and can't decide whether they know me or not. I'm not telling.

My family came from Norway. My grandfather was shipwrecked on the SS Norge when he came to the US. We have a friend named Per who lives in Norway who wrote a book about that shipwreck, as well as one about the Norwegian passengers on the Titanic.

[Tash]

oh my god... i come back to this forum after less than 24hrs and i find a million new threads with a million new posts i can't cope!!!
it's like a whole new generation of pianoforum members has popped up- maybe it's time for me, as a member of the slightly older generation, to move on?hmmm we'll think about it....

[realitytest]

You refugee band are truly shameless in your oh so brief replies...I see through you. Trying to drive your post count up ASAP.

rt

[realitytest]

Stars.

[realitytest]

Stars.  STARS.

[realitytest]

That's all you care about. 

[realitytest]

Well, SOME of us are trying to communicate...

rt

[realitytest]

something of timeless value.

 

[Glissando]

Tash, doncha dare leave!

[realitytest]

It's like a whole new generation of pianoforum members has popped up- maybe it's time for me, as a member of the slightly older generation, to move on? hmmm we'll think about it....

And that's another thing I especially wanted to say.  You've built up a wonderful community with the help of Nils, your llght-handed moderator. 

We would feel awful if any "oldies" feel squeezed out.  It may seem kind of  overwhelming at first, but there aren't really so many of us - at most a dozen at present.  You'll get to know us....and vice versa.  Perhaps we'll post a  brief cast of characters!

They're all the cream of another forum, where we felt uncomfortable because of the unpleasant  level of discourse.  And with one or two exceptions (I'm one - what no embarrassed smilie?), they're all very serious pianists and piano lovers with a lot to contribute.

(I got involved Over There while hunting for a piano for  my pianist son, and we made friends in the OT discussion forum)

Tash - nobody - please don't go.  This is YOUR home!

rt

[chickering9]

something of timeless value.

   

 You?    

(Psssst.  This one's the "embarrassed" smilie here:   )   

[realitytest]

(and no,  I am NOT verbose, smart alec, Hmoll (astute voice recognition!).  As witness my previous pithy comments)
  

[chickering9]

...And that's another thing I especially wanted to say...

Hmmm...don't think I'd use the "v" word.  Just too revealing I think.

[janice]

Tash, don't you dare leave!!  We all love you!!

[Tash]

LOL well i feel loved
but people if you want to increase your post count, do it with some constructive comments please!

[calidris]

Constructive comments?  OK, we'll post a bit more in the snail race thread then 

Tash - nobody - please don't go.  This is YOUR home!

Worth repeating! 

[Nina_too]

Don't forget the abstract "What if" thread, either.  Another opportunity to increase post counts! 

[Torvald]

Thank you for the kind welcome Hmoll. We hear the story of the wreck of Norge in school. It was a terrible accident. I am happy your family survive. Please everyone tell me when my English writing is poor. I think to use this forum to improve my ability to write English. I know I have a problem with the verbs to make them accord with the subject. I use the Norsk-English dictionary to find words but maybe I choose the wrong ones.

[Hmoll]

Thank you for the kind welcome Hmoll. We hear the story of the wreck of Norge in school. It was a terrible accident. I am happy your family survive. Please everyone tell me when my English writing is poor. I think to use this forum to improve my ability to write English. I know I have a problem with the verbs to make them accord with the subject. I use the Norsk-English dictionary to find words but maybe I choose the wrong ones.

Your English is not bad at all. Since you asked, in all due respect:


Thank you for the kind welcome Hmoll. We hear the story of the wreck of Norge in school. It was a terrible accident. I am happy your family survive survived. Please everyone, tell me when my English writing is poor. I think would like to use this forum to improve my ability to write English English writing. I know I have a problem with the verbs to make them accord with the subject relating the verb to the subject. I use the Norsk-English dictionary to find words, but maybe I choose the wrong ones.

All the best.

[athykay]

You *are* sweet hmoll.  Torwald,  yes indeed, *do* use the forum to improve your English.  We can all do "strikethrough" editing if you wish (thanks to the neato tool bar).  Anyway,  I've always had a thing  for you Norsky guys.