Denman Island, British Columbia
Michael's Review of my CD,
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(Note: My correspondent below is a human, not Michael himself.
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1997-08-04
Hi Keith,
I got your CD today! Listened to it twice, liked it very much. The dulcimer reminds me of harpsichord music, which I also like.
I will take the CD to work and play it for a musically inclined friend of mine who happens to be a gorilla. His name is Michael and he lives with the famous sign language-using gorilla, Koko, at the Gorilla Foundation. Michael likes to listen to music and also plays with sounds and rhythms, but we haven't been able to design an actual instrument he can't break. If you are interested, the GF web page is at: www.gorilla.org
1997-08-27
Keith,
As promised, I did finally play your CD for Michael while he was eating lunch. He didn't offer any comment, which is usual, but when I asked him if he liked the music he signed "good" (which means yes). I showed him the CD cover and your picture and told him you were the person making the music, and that was the instrument, etc. He looked very attentively at all this.
In Memoriam
The person who sent me this correspondence, passed away on 25
Nov, 1998.
Michael the gorilla passed away on 19 April, 2000.
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