as long as she isn't tone-deaf too!

Edward Chrysogonus Yong
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On 11 Jul, 2013, at 11:36 PM, Susan Trotter <susanmtrot...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Viola d'amore ==> "love is blind." 
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> I may have learned that at the Shrine to Music Museum. 
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> Susan
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> On Jul 11, 2013, at 9:52 AM, theoj89...@aol.com wrote:
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>> Off topic question: When visiting musical instrument museums, there are many 
>> viols, and especially viola d'amores, that, instead of a scroll, have the 
>> head of a girl carved with a blindfold over her eyes. These carvings are 
>> always carved beautifully. My question is; what is the significance of this? 
>> A muse? A reference to a classical myth? Thanks-trj
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