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by JOSE COOSEMANS

In economic hard thmes, the regular twice-a-year piano
tuning is of low priority on the budget list. Some clients ask
me: “Does. it hurt the piano not to have it tuned?’? The
anser,is no...with some reservations. “

First of all, a tuning should not be confused with a “‘tune-
up.”. When your car starts making funny noises, you may ~
expect to have some parts replaced. Similarly, if that
happens to your piano, the problem may go far beyond the
tuning of the strings. - ;

Keep in mind that a piano has thousands of parts, all
delicately balanced and designed io. ensure the required
uniform touch and performance. ;

Climatic conditions can alter this fine balance to a point |
where more than: just the tone quality or the tuning Is
affected. Both excessive dryness and humidity can result
in permanent damage. .

So; if you are thinking of “storing” the plano for the time
being, the following pointers may be of .the utmost
importance for its survival.

The location of the instrument, whether in use or not, b
the first thing toconsider. Keep it away from wall heaters
or floor registers. Preferably, eh it against an inside
wall, away from pny window. w opens, , -

Boas aloes any wie problems'in‘that they are
much more subject to temperature changes outside, and,
quite often, have no adequate inside wallspace. In such a
- case, the piano should be moved at least a foot away from
the outside wall to allow for air circulation.

High humidity is a summer problem, Even during dry
- spells or in stmny weather, the absolute moisture content of —
’ the air can be high, though the relative humidity is ‘close to
normal. Since it is cooler inside the house than outside, the
~’ motsuture condenses onto furniture, since cold air will not
hold as much water vapor as ‘hot air. -

In humid weather, soundboards swell, pulling the strings
* tighter and raising : the pitch unevenly towards the high
notes. Felts and bushings absorb. muisture, causing
sluggishness in the action and sticking keys, especially in |
younger pianos, .

In the long run, extreme dampness. causes springs and

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strings to rust, and provides a habitat for mokis on felt and -

wood parts.

Dryness, in turn, cecurs throughout the winter months,
when the effects of relative humidity are reversed..:

The damage done by lack of moisture can best be noticed -
in alder’ planos;
pinblocks allowing tuning pins to slip and stri- 3s to ‘flip
out;” dislocated flange pina causing hammers to wobble
and hit adjacent strings...

These are some of the most common effects of climatic
, ‘conditions on pianos,

‘There are two other factors that can be devastating white
_your piangis just sitting idle; months and rodents, a

Moths are less common In the northwest than furiher
‘south. So far, I have no convincing evidence of any moth —
infestation originating in the region. Mostof the planos that ©
- show moth activity have been brought into the area.

The presence of these Insecta can viftually ruin the
- instrument ina very short time. They burrow to lay their
‘eggs in the gamut of felts, and the hatching larvae eat their
way through hammers and dampers, devouring felt and
‘sometimes wooden parts as well: Replacement costs can
amount to hundreds of dollars. .

Mice like tonest in planos, not because they a are musically
inclined, but because all the essenttal nesting materials are
_ provided at feeth’s length. In fact, rodents prefer the.
quietness and serenity of halls and churches, ;

Invariably, they build 4 cozy haven out of felt right near:
the left hand eheekblock. They sharpent their teeth on the
lowest bass key,-store their food in the keybed tunnel and
run a circus inside the cabinet when nobody is around, .
Come Christmas,,.(The reader Is referred to the old
Tyrolean story “Johann’s gift to Christmas”).

To preserve your piano, reed organ or harpsichord, it
_. pays to consult a quallfied technician, Even if you cannnot
afford it tuned, a check-up for a small fee may ward off
important losses to the value of your instrument, -

Built-in humidity. control systems are avallable through.
piano supply houses. Mothproofing and rodent elimination
can be’ effected in a’ professional manner: Advice and

further information can be obtained over the phone, free of ~

marge, from Jose ‘Cooeemans, piano reguilder-techalclan, .

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s changing barley seeds fo little ‘balls: of amut,:

“have bee diibbed ad polygenes.

: “* redearching the lockstep cycle between-the- ‘parasites.

cracked soundboards; contracted -

- the. door 1 reat
», But \it will Toot
The smut under study is'a parasite that pre fa on barley

: Smut Lab.
er get: ‘an rating

* ehers are attempting to learn iow plants méin

” Botanist ‘Clayton’ Person; who eat aaa a. “Weta

> their hosts, believes the polygenes bold the real keys to
~ long-term pest resistance. oo :
The history of man’s war against crop plagues bas’ been
one of matching massively ‘powerful genes. tothe ‘pets, -
* Producing crops that are nearly completely. 9 resistant. ——

sald, at
the powerful | ‘genes may almply: not’ be the whole answe

“the -‘anawer is likely to be a combination: of the. mayo
genes and the polygenes,” he said: ’:

Inthe rotating system, amajor gene to- ‘whieh pesta are:
becoming resistant is bred out before the pest has become -

3 completely: resistant to.it, and. another: ia--bred. in.’ “after: -

several genes have been bred in dnd out, the original-one is

’ re-introduced and the cycle: ‘begins: agains Ifa ‘particular:

gene is not present, resistance to it in the parasite disap
. pears over a petlod of time and tt can be. used again.
STEP FURTHER © .

' But-the polygene plan goes one step. further ‘and main-
tains the polygenes as a baseline ® against a ewantosb

~ Victims of violence organized _

DELTA, B.C. (CP).— Susan Bishop's sister was’ stabbed
_21 times by her husband while she slept. He then plunged a
butcher krife nine times into their sleeping elght-month-old
son, -
Earlier the night of Nov. 18, 1931, the husband had con:
fessed to his 29-year-old wife that he'd: embezzled more than .
$54,000 from his Toronto employer, McGuinness Distillers,
using the money to play the.stock market: © ©. -:

After killing his wife and child, he carefully washed the
bitcher knife and tidied up the house. He went driving;
finally crashing head-on toto a Siyearold wom; killing.
her. *
Susan Bishop moved this suburb. south of Vancouver, .
from Toronto right after the killings so husband Caria could
take a new job. -

“Thad no_friends,”.- ‘she | says. “Nobody. ‘I ‘needed
somebody I could talk to and get help, but there wasa’t
anybody.

“I tried to talk to a -minister.. I went ‘to: ojher
organizations. I was considering going to a doctor. For a
whole week J just walked around in a fog. You think: you re
never going to be hapess again. You really do. moe

CREATED GROUP”

‘A resolute woman, currently expecting her second ‘child,
Bishop decided she had to create her own support: ‘group.
She began Victims of Violence in B. C. in. December, -1982..:

More than 50 people now show up at a regular Victims of
Violence meeting. There are several hundred members in’
B.C., drawn together by violence.

The stories of the people wha act as the group's core ein
clude:
 — The 1s-year-old daughter of Harey, Filidebrandt of |
Matsqui was. slain in 1980, her ‘body found in a shallow:
grave. Although police believe they. know the killer, they 7
-can’t prove it.

- — The 14-year-old daughter of Leo and Margit Peterson of
Coquitlam was shot in’ 1962. while‘ hitchhlking in the
_ California desert. ‘No'suspeect was-ever.arrested. ,,. 00-12)

— The 17-year-old daughter of Vie and Iris Dyck of Surrey
was punched to death by Troy Rollins, 21. Rollins ‘was
sentenced to Five’ years in prison, eligible. for parole in less

than two: * .

Bishop now takes as s many ‘aS six calls a day al her tome
from victims suffering as she did. </ -
- “Our first. Priority is. to be a suppor group." she says.
VERY DIFFICULT ; “ :

“At firatit’s very dlfficult for the person 1to be able to. talk:
It takes a while for them to get their thoughts together to
tell someone: what's happened, to them, The feelings all
come back.”': |.

~The list of callers. goes oivand on; She’ 8 ‘had people phone:
who've just been‘ rabbed; men “whose ‘wives - have bashed
them with hammers and parents whose kids have lost eyes
’ after’ getting. beaten up in-alleys.

“That's the thing. i feel we've decom plished’ A ‘ot with our

group,” Bishop says. “When eomething’s happened, people
just don't know what to do nd where to Bo: Me can direct

. them.

“You have to ‘push yourself, ‘Slowly the moments. of
happiness come back. By helping other people, you. get
great satisfaction. And it's the old story, you realize there’s
a lot of people worse off than you are," oi :

WANTS COMPENSATION *
Among its goals, B.C.'s group, “affiliated with the first

‘ Victims of Violence formed in Ontario in 1981, is struggling

' for better financial compensation for‘ victins.
The group also wanta to ensure families of victims of

’ ‘violent crimes have better access to the police, and Crown

Prosecutor handling their case, |

~ Another thing it wants o do is make. things tougher for ..
criminals. ak

Mes.: Bishop ‘and: her- parents, an ‘well as Victims of:
Violence, believe first-degree” murderers should suffer
_ death.

She says that fer brother-in-law WAS sentericed to life in .
prison in June for his killings, biit will be eligible for parole
in 12 yeara, although ‘the kidnappers of millionalre Hyman

. Belzberg, who was not harmed beyond a bruised rib during

hig Abduction, were each given sentences of 13 fo. 16 years.

~The Group .aleo ‘wants to end mandatory supervision,
lghter parole and an: end to bight sentences: for vielont
crimes. .

New elected senate proposed

’ OTTAWA (CP) — Interest is growing. rapidly in the idea
of an elected Senate to combat: regional alienggitn. But -
some politicians and academics say. the c might be
worse than the disease, a

“Tt is not a quick fix,’’ warns Roger Gibbins, a University
af Calgary political science professor who is a cautious
advocate of an elected Senate.

“(ty has the potentlal to unrave) much’ ‘of what is:
valuable and distinctive about the Canadian system.” —

-Senate reform. has been debated almost since Con-
federation when the upper house was set up to provide both

~ regional representation and a review of legislation passed

- by the Commons,

But the repeated federal and provincial proposals have
failed to gain popular, political, or in one case, Supreme
Court of Canada, support. In 1978 the high court ruled that
the House of Commone did not have the authority to change :
‘the constitution as it related to. the Senate. - .

But overhauling Parliament's upper chamber is once_

Prime Minister Trudeau saying he’s anxlous to make major :

-reforms before the next election, expected sometime next ©. .-
- because of thelr broader electoral base and higher public

year,
_ Any change to the Senate or the. method of appointment
requires € constitutional . amendment. approved. by.
Parliament and by seven provinces.representing at least -
half the population. The 104 Senate seata now are allocated

byregion ~ 24 each for Quebec and Ontario and 24 each far - . “If the Senate 1s dominated by a different party than that

the Weat and the Maritlmes,. Newfoundland has six and the
‘Yukon and the Northwest Territories one each.
THREATENS MANY" :

Senate, poses a major threat to provinglal' premiers, as well

as existing senators, MPs, Conservative, Leader Brian -“gedences rather than party lines. Cabinet would thus lore its

-Mulroney, cabinet and the political parties. ©
The chances of agreement on Senate reform should be ;

clearer when a parliamentary committee studying ways to.

strengthen {ts regional represenation. travels to each
provincial and territorial capital in September. . ;
The committee is scheduled to report Dec. 1, but Justice
Minister Mark MacGuigan says’ the government probably |
won'thave a response until a first ministers’ constitutional .
conference next spring. -

method of appointing senators. ‘There are basteally three .
‘options. .

‘The prime minister could retain. unchanged his exclusive
_ Power to Appoint senators. But critics say this system fails,
“to give senators public. legitimacy and the ability to speak

on ‘behalf of the regions. :

"A. variation of - this, backed by: many senators and
~ geademies, would see Ottawa appoint avery second tenator ;

- fom reminees submitted by the provinces."

- FAVORS APPOINTMENT ;
* The second option, favored by some oricatees, notably

: Bill Bennett of British Columnbla, would #06 the Provinces .

appoint senators.
But critics say this is merely an atiempt to use the Senate

» ta resolve federal-provincial conflicts.

‘The corollary of such “crogs-fektilization” would be for
Ottawa to appoint members to the Provincial legislatures,
Says Liberal Senator Royce Frith. :

‘Ottawa is sympathetic to’ the third option, an elected

“Senate, saya MacGuigan.

Electing senators would give the upper chamber all the
political clout and legitimacy It could ever want, but it

‘CITES BENEFITS

opens up a hornets nest of problems.
Elected senators could challenge the premiers’ claims to.

“speak on behalf of regional interests within the national

context, says Gibbins, keynote speaker when the Senate
reform committee held its organizing meeting ata ‘Bosh
Quebec resort.

“Over the past two decades, provincial leaders have

.become national luminaries, bargaining with the prime —
minister, commenting on national polities, carrying the -
_ flag of regional interest."

OUTLINES PROBLEMS :

An elected Senate would also displace existing senators.
Some of the younger ones might seek election, but the vast.
mapority. would not, says Gibbins.

“They: will be too old, too reluctant to once again take up .
the onerous task of electoral’ ‘combat, too, tainted by their -

very appointment 1 to the Senate in the first place.”*

: Back-bench MPs, already. frustrated, by their lack of

leverage, lack of resources to penetrate the bureaucracy
again at the top of Ottawa's constitutional agenda, with

and constrained by party discipline, would find their small .
yole as reglonal spokesmen further diminished, he adds. -
- Senators would rise in the parllamentary pecking order

profile that- comes from belonging to the smaller chamber

~ of Parliament.

's

Opposition MPs and their new leader ‘Brian Mulroney.
could be hurt most: by an elected Senate, Gibbins says. -

forming the government, will not the Senate leader take on —
many of the trappings and miich of the power, af. the present

But significant Senate reform, particularly an elected ° Opposition leader?"

On the positive side, Gibbins says an elected Senate: would
allow. MPs to be more “Independent, to follow their can-.

vice-like grip ori the legislative process.’

"Political parties would also ‘be affected by an elected
Senate, because | they’d lose. patronage power — what,
Gibbins ‘calls the hidden cost of Senate reform.

. Some of the slack could be taken up by appointments to
the public service, diplomatic corps and Fegulatory boards
and agencies, but at gredt public’ expense...

“To the extent that patronage is a necessary evil within

” "democratic political’ systems, the loss: of an.appointed °
Any discussion of Senate reform. usually’ starts: with the °

Senate will pose some disruption to the smooth functioning.
of party organizations. mo

Sas

“ However, an elected Senate would ‘ive the Libérals j D
attractive campaign issue in the West where Senate reform

was embraced after the 1960 ‘election, in which no Liberals }

were elected. west ‘of Winnipeg.
The Conservatives, long the staunchest “détendeys. of |

-parliamentary institutions, would probably see Senate

teform as 4 major threat to our traditions and go to the |

" public in a spirited: dfence of them, . hoping to strike a’
. ear sales this year, including imparts, abould hit between
850,000 and 875,000 inits, compared with 713,000 in 1962.

reaponsive, chord. :

“Ty a country where so few things dislingulsh i a from the:
American colossus to the south, Canadians haveattached a
great-deal of importance to our distinctive and British.
based political system,” Gibbins says. .

~. Advocates of Senate reform face a strategie choted,
“They can try to: minimize the extent to whict tefotm will -
shift Canadian politics toward the American. styie. where
two strong elected houses compete with the executive
branch of government for power.

“Ig making sucha cso aftr messut of decd might be.

" necessary, ” saya Gibbins.

2 the major resistance. genes.
Person believes this may be done by using a olation' of 2 ;
: major genes over ‘several: ‘years.

, must. be tolerated and reduced to an. absolute
- Person said the effect of polygenes could be estal
~ by studying a relatively closed ecosystem, such | a those
> found in isolated mountain valleys.

mediate e genetic, galns.

i The economy ig growiig and profits areup, but Canc

_ were up

f oné 6 of: the ‘major genea. - .
abs we have heen ‘using the mar genies owe nip

hava not been able tosee whether the polygenes, are Present

Inthe plant or ‘not,"’ Person said..'

“is nature, Person said, the: polygeries — —'a dum
genes with individually minor effects seem to. dd up fo
measure of protection ; for a plant: ‘beyond d that provi —

The result-la that. ‘plait, iparaailes never r slieceed in.

: ~' destro a species of plant ~—-.the polygenes, ensure thet’
some ye plants ' will survive Tong spon to > perpetuate

“stable, but we go fumbling about interfering. and causing

~ (plant) epidemics’ pa 8 result of our, Interference, ” Person:

wie ‘have caused as many problems as we lave a at-

tempted to solve,”-" :
. Under the systen envisaged by Person, the. ro ation. of

_ major genes with the backup of the polygenes would result

. Ina stable configuration in which there{s always ww level
of disease but never a major crop failure. _

“Ie is probably better to plan for a 10-per-cent ¢
every year than to have a disastrous jallure every 10h:
or so," he sald: ; i

. “We have found thné’ disease cannat be eliminat

: But the study would bea long-term project, he said,
 eoncerned mote with basic principles rather ‘than im-

consumers’ aren’t dolng thelr bit to sustain the recive
That's the view of Statistics Canada, which says cea

- economic indicators point to sustained growth in production

. through the next several months but sluggish consumer

released "thureday by the federal agency show

all 10 leading: indicators -- among them retail ‘trade,

residential construction and the length of the average work

in manufacturing — _ Tose for the fourth consetiitive
“month in May.

Growth In exports of goods ‘and services and increased

production. by manufacturers are among the most pialtive -

- spending.

- signs of economic strength in the short. term, the’ agency

said. -

But consumer spending “fan been sluggish to this golint ln
“the recovery and is likely to continue so over thé“néar
term," it said, citing soaring numbers of unemployed and
high interest rates as. causes of | consumer reluctance’ ‘to

“spend.

“Consumer spending decounta. for about two-thirds of the _-
gross national peodit a and ig considered a key eames ¢

Profits’ were up in al sectors trom & a year certiet“and

most were up from the previous quarter as well. ’
Overall industrial profits for the second quarter, after °

taxes and extraordinary items are taken into account, were

$3.8 billion, up from $2.5 billion a year earlier. © .
Mining, particularly metal mining and mineral fuels

- Industries, demonstrated second-quarter strength. oo
' The picture for ather industry. sectors was similiry

bright:

Led by:a boost in demand here and in’ the U8. ‘for
Canadlan-made cars, manufacturing before-tax. _ profits
6 per cent from a year earlier.

Profits in the forest products and chemicals industries
and trade and services sector alsa showed atrong gains. -

Statistics Canada diso had some good news on the wage

. front, reporting that second-quarter wage increases

dropped to- ar annual increase of 5.9 per'cent, the: lowest

- since record keeping began 16 years ago.

Although organized labor belleves smaller. wage in- ©
" creases keep the economy weak by reducing spending
power, most economists contend that moderate settlements

_help keep a lid on inflation and promote'a lasting recavery. -

In ariother: ‘development | Thursday, the ‘Toronto-

‘Dominion, Canada’s fifth-largest bank, reported a slight .

drop in third-quarter profit, but still. managed to push its

nine-month earnings ahead of last year's level. °° °-
The bank said it earned $77.1 million or 63 cents a com-

mon share in the three months ended July 31, compared

“with $80.1 million or 64 cents.a common share inthe: similar

1882 quarter, -
. In the first nine months of. the year, the 7D managed a
profit gain of six per cent to $245.3 million or $2.01 a share.

The bank’s return on each $100 in assets, a widely used |
measure. of industry profitability, increased-to 75 cents
from @9 cenis in the nine-month period. :

The first of the Big Five chartered banks to report third-
quarter results, the TD said weak demand for commercial .
loans in domestic and international markets caused a five-
per-cent decline in assets to almost .$48 billion. Loans,

- meanwhile, fell nine per cent from the 1982 period.

In other business developments Thursday: :
- — The Bank of Nova Scotia said it has called in loans.
owed to it-by the Lake. ‘Group Ltd. of St. John’s, Nfld., and

_ has named Clarkson and Co, Ltd. to act an receivers for the

‘financially strapped fish processing firm.
. — North

Post, Telegraph and Télephoné Administration of Turkey
with digital telecémmiutiications systema and Components.
— Jacques ‘Leger,a former marketing vice-president of
‘Nordair and currently a séhior federal “civil servant, was

< eppolnted “the new ‘président of’ firdncially troubled

‘ Quebecair. The appointment was announced in Montreal by

i Ghislain Leblohd, iitetirh president sizice the resignation of .

Alfred Hamel at the end of July. 4

= Fovecantitig'a sharp recovery in North ‘American car
~ sales this year and next, two Ford Motor .Co. executives
‘said the industry has: ‘Jearned its leon from the recession
and won't revert to the wasteful habits of the past. Ken
Hatrigan, president of Ford Canada | Ltd, sald Canadian

Sales should improve further in 19¢4 as the recovery picks

up. Philip Benton, Ford Motor’s vice-president of North -

American shies, estimated the U.S. market would grow to

. nine million cars this year and possibly 10 million in 1084, up

from 7.8 million for 162. Annual siles records for the in-

‘ dustry are one million units in Canada in id and i million

in the U.S. in 1978,

~~ The Bank of Canada rate remained unchariged at 9. 57
per cent: The central bank, in an effort to maintain interest
rate stability, had to resist a burst of interest-rate optimism
spilling inte Canada from the. us. , Maoney. traders sald.

ern Telecom Ltd. announced ithas signed a five-
year contract worth more than $300 million to supply the

¢