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Re: Calling all organists!
- From: Bill, Averbach <bamusic...>
- Subject: Re: Calling all organists!
- Date: Thu 17 Apr 1997 03.54 (GMT)
>Are you or do you know an organist? Please share this announcement with
>all the organists in your life, amateur or professional:
>
>I am currently pursuing a PhD in Music Education in organ pedagogy at the
>University of North Texas. I have an interest in the physical aspects of
>playing and learning to play the organ. And I am particularly interested
>in the medical problems that many musicians experience, either while
>learning or over accumulated years of playing an instrument. While much
>research has been done on a wide variety of instruments, no one has
>investigated the problems specific to organists. I have developed a
>questionnaire to explore the musculoskeletal pain or discomfort
>experienced by organists. You need not be a professional organist to
>participate. Your pain may be severe or very mild, and need not have been
>caused by playing the organ. It is hoped that this research will show
>some evidence of areas of pain that are common to organists, which will
>provide direction and priority for further research by both organists and
>medical professionals regarding specific problems.
>
>This web survey has been carefully programmed to remove all computer
>addresses and other identifying informaiton before placing your input into
>the data files. All responses are completely anonymous to preserve
>confidentiality.
>
>The survey can be found at: www.metronet.com/~organmed/
>
>You will need a browser which supports forms to complete the web version
>of the survey. An e-mail and a snail mail version are also available.
>Please e-mail me privately if you desire one of these.
>
>If you have seen or responded to the UNT Musician's Health Survey, please
>be aware that this is a completely separate project, conducted and
>supervised by different people, exclusively for organists, and there is no
>exchange of data between the two studies.
>
>Thank you VERY much for your participation.
>Margo Dillard
>
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> SURVEY OF MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN OF ORGANISTS
> www.metronet.com/~organmed/
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>"There is nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right
> notes at the right time, and the instrument plays itself" -- J. S. Bach
>
> "We suffer. We suffer. We suffer in silence." - Fiddler on the Roof
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>
>
How about Dr. Green at UT Austin. He is a great organist.
Bill Averbach
music is played
it goes into the air and can never be heard again