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- Aaron J, Greycloud,
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agora,

Dear Sir: -

On behalf of the Pacifi Ic
Northwest: Music Festival
committee, I would like. to
express our thanks to the
many individuals and.
Organizations - who — helped
make this year's festival a
success,

Without the many hours
of assistance donated by will-
ing volunteers and the finan-
cial support of ovr award
donors and patrons, our task
would be impossible, We are
also very grateful-to School
District 88 and the
Pentecostal Church for their
co-operation and assistance,
A special thank-you poes
to the many’ competitors,
their parents and teachers for
their efforts resulting in
entertaining performances of
such high calibre.

Sincerely,

Jo Falconer,

Publicity chairman,
Pacific Northwest Music
Festival committee, |

Dear Sir: 7
I would once again like to

businesses in this community
which support us: so readily
throughout the year.

N. Blomgren, |
Administrator, Osborne
House,

Ksan House Society.

ticipated : Gt our: Careers Day]:

This. success. ‘could. ‘not |

take this time to thank the]:

resoun

: Jose Cooseman is well-known
to many here as someone who
puts in many hours passing on
his piano skills to his students
‘and helping them to prepare for
. competitions. .
But. perhaps less well-known

2 is that he has also been working

. diligently on producing the
“Cooseman Piano"’,

~ That part of his-story began

in August, 1989 when he board-

ed a near-empty China Airlines

747 bound for Shanghai — this

~ was only two months after
"Tiananmen Square — equipped

"only with a ‘contact phone
number and a few words i in the

~: language.

©, After two days rest, he con-
‘tacted the appropriate import-
export corporation which made
arrangements for him ta visit a
piano factory.

There he was met by a delega-
tion of directors, engineers and
a.couple of interpreters and in
the following three days he
toured different plants.

Because of the highly
technical nature of the discus-
sions, Cooseman says the inter-
preters “were more a hindrance
to communication than a help.”

“Each instrument
ultimately performs with
4 personality of its own”
— Coosemans.

However, with the chief
engineer -quick to recognize
what was wanted, sign language

‘and and drawings enabled the
pair to communicate effectively

7 enough.

- Cooseman said his - foremost’

“concern. was controlling the

moisture content of the various
woods used in making the piano

and ‘preparing for humidity

changes.
He explained there had been
problems in the past with

-Chinese-made. pianos because .

they did not acclimatize well.
He pointed out most of

Canada experienced the ex---°"-- > ~-

Osborne House hires

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Melanie Goodlad is spending
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psychiatrically disabled adults
at Osborne House on Hall
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Gocdlad, 20, is working
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. Victoria.

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Osborne House residents at Kin
Kamp, an estate on Lakelse
Lake owned by the Kinsmen of
Tertace,

_. The K’san House Society, of
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was able to hire Goodlad
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Piano prototype is
ding success

Jose Coosemans

tremes of high humidity in the
sufimer and prolonged - low
humidity in the winter. It was
the latter which caused the most
damage to wooden parts —
cracked soundboards, warped
keys — and also led to instabili-
ty in tuning and sometimes per-
manent damage.

Noting the construction of 2
piano was a complicated pro-
cess, not unlike building a car,
Cooseman said it went beyond
simply assembling the parts, '

With all the different - parts
working together in a unique
way, ‘‘each instrument
ultimately performs with a per-
sonality of its own.’” Trying to
Predict and control this
behaviour had been the
challenge facing engineers for
more than 100 years, he added.

Cooseman: emphasized he’

does not claim to have

engineered or designed “hig”

piano from scratch, Rather he f

and the engineers pooled their
knowledge and experience.

At their disposal wasa fac-
tory, its machinery In place,
which. had been: “inherited"'
from the pre-1949 English and
‘German owners. ‘‘] knew the
time had finally come to put it
all to good use,” he recalled,

The decision was made to ~

concentrate on-just a single
model “conservatory upright’,
a high quality piano for export
and competitive with the “big

-names"' from Japan and South .

Korea.

“Only top quality materials
were used, including imported
parts from West Germany,

. England, Japan and Indonesia.

Quality was again the focus
when it came to. enclosing. the

_instrument, the panels of ‘the
‘casing being
. laminated wood". Many makes

‘the. best

of piano, he explained, now use
particle board which, while
lighter, is difficult to repair if
water or any other damage oc-
curs,

- One of the most difficult
things to achieve was ensuring
good tone production and tun-
ing stability. However, after 18
months with the prototype and
having taken it through a severe
Terrace winter, Cooseman said
he is very pleased with the in-
strument.

Yet, this is ‘only ‘‘midway
point’’. Still to come, he
pointed out, are the legal paper-

work, proper marketing and

‘not the least, financing,’’

However,
satisfaction and pride with what
has been achieved so far,

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