CORRESPONDENCE.

Te Puke Times, Volume II, Issue II, 12 August 1913, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

i We have been requested to insert the following letter, which was refused publication by our Tauranga contemporary. — Ed. Times. Sir,—ln your report of the Amateur Dramatic Club's initial performance the following occurs : "The two main parts were preceded by pianoforte selections playp.d by the Misses Delaphine and Burd which were excellently performed, though the state of the instrument must have been disheartening to the pianiste's." Now, sir, I take it this must be extremely annoying and disheartening to the lady who so kindly provided the instrument referred to, and would have been omitted had it not been intended to add J effect to the report by reviving the poor old Buster's sole and hoary joke anent the hall piano. However,. in this instance, although it is a pity the mistake occurred, the ady may take comfort in the knowledge that the piano, though unintentionally libelled has not been damaged in the slightest degree, as it is not essential, in order to qualify for the position of musical critic locally, that he, she, or it should know the difference between a note in music and one in the Bank, a washing machine or a piano, or even be aware that there is a difference, or that a flat is not a natural. This reminds me of a chiel frae o'er the Border, who was asked to define the difference, but whose knowledge of music being limited to " te gran' auld hielan' pag-pipes" no doubt accounted for his failure to grasp the musical term, and who replied "we'll! kwe'lj! ye ken there's nae differ at a'—a fules a flat, and a naturals a fule," and or, being remonstrated with clinched the matter with "we'll they're juist lief brithers," and as one thinks of some who presume to report to the papers, the hard fact seems borne upon us that Sandy, unwittingly, struck the keynote—l am, etc., P. MUNROE. P.S.—The above was sent in to the "Bay of Plenty Times" for publication on Friday last, but did not appear. A paragraph did, however, and from it we glean that this particular and marvellous critic condemned the instrument, not from its tone, but by its outward resemblance to another. Wonderful critic!