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The bass strings are wound with another wire so they are heavier and can vibrate more slowly The strings are held by “hitch pins” on the curved side of the frame and are attached to tuning pins along the front of the piano, just in front of the player These pins go through holes in the frame and into a very hard laminated wooden “wrest plank,” or pin block The wrest plank is made from rock maple or some other hardwood, and the pins fit very tightly to prevent them from slipping.
‘Ten Women Baking Bread in One of the calamities to come upon for unfaithfulness is set forth at 26:26 in these words: “Ten women will then actually bake your bread in but one oven” Under normal conditions, each woman would need an oven for doing the necessary baking However, the words of 26:26 pointed to the time when there would be so little food available that one oven would be sufficient to handle all the baking that 10 women could do
Serving a Worthy Cause
As told by Charles Tareha
WE MAORIS were the inhabitants of New Zealand when the first Europeans stepped ashore in 1769.
And they continue to be a major force behind them The book Disco Fever published a list of discos, and observed:
“Some readers will recognize that many of the discotheques listed are gay discos or gay clubs ‘Billboard’ magazine [a prominent entertainment trade journal] has estimated that at least 50 percent of the discotheques in the country are gay, which is not surprising since the disco movement got its primary impetus from the gay community Invariably, as s about a gay club with great sound and decor gets around, straight people who want to dance start knocking at the door.
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