Reply #2: I was 15

[ironflange]

My dad, always on the lookout for a good buy, bought a player piano at an auction. It came with a big box full of piano rolls, most of which were classical. I spent a lot of time pumping away at the thing, and thus learned to appreciate the music. Pretty standard stuff, Moonlight Sonata, Chopin Second Scherzo, stuff like that. We soon had season tickets to the local symphony, I took up piano lessons, and a couple of years later majored in music at university. I graduated in 1980, BMus in History. So, naturally, I am now a caterer, music is just a hobby now. Beethoven has always been my favorite, hence the avatar, but I can enjoy almost anything by anybody.

I met Mrs. Ironflange at music school, she was a high-powered pianist who could have had a big career, if she only had the ego for it. She is not cut out for the stage. She's a grade school teacher now, and loves it.

Our son played clarinet in school bands in junior and senior high.

It's out daughter (14) who caught all the musical genes. She is an absolutely fabulous singer and actress, she has the talent and the ego. She tells everyone to watch for her on Broadway one day, wouldn't surprise me.