{"id":1088,"date":"2014-04-06T15:02:53","date_gmt":"2014-04-06T13:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/treehousemusic.nu\/?page_id=1088"},"modified":"2014-04-06T15:08:24","modified_gmt":"2014-04-06T13:08:24","slug":"a-couple-of-letters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/treehousemusic.nu\/?page_id=1088&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"A couple of letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Letter from a young musician:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/treehousemusic.nu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/fanletter-McKenna-ok.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-285 aligncenter\" title=\"fanletter-McKenna-ok\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/treehousemusic.nu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/fanletter-McKenna-ok.gif\" width=\"555\" height=\"786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/treehousemusic.nu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/fanletter-McKenna-ok.gif 1240w, https:\/\/treehousemusic.nu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/fanletter-McKenna-ok-211x300.gif 211w, https:\/\/treehousemusic.nu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/fanletter-McKenna-ok-723x1024.gif 723w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<strong>I received the above from McKenna, an 8-year-old in Boulder, Colorado.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><em style=\"font-size: 1.17em; line-height: 1.5em;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Dear Jonathan, Thank you for letting me borrow your zither. I liked playing it. I practiced a lot. First I was bad. Then I was GREAT but sometimes I play so long I get tired!<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: x-small;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Another letter came from Marion L. who said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><em style=\"font-size: 1.17em; line-height: 1.5em;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">I wanted also to let your family\u00a0 know that the zitheroo is a beloved \u2028addition to our instrument collection. She got to be in an Earthday \u2028play, &#8221;The Journey to Happiness,&#8221;\u00a0 at a local elementary school. My \u2028friend Clara who is 8 years old, played the lovely zitheroo every time \u2028a certain magical character entered and during dream sequences. \u2028She is now on the buffet and is frequently played by visitors who love \u2028her clear voice, and the choice of scored songs or improvisational \u2028possibilities.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: x-small;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Letter from a young musician: \u00a0I received the above from McKenna, an 8-year-old in Boulder, Colorado.\u00a0 Dear Jonathan, Thank you for letting me borrow your zither. I liked playing it. I practiced a lot. First I was bad. Then I was GREAT but sometimes I play so long I get tired! Another letter came from &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/treehousemusic.nu\/?page_id=1088&#038;lang=en\" class=\"more-link\">Forts\u00e4tt l\u00e4sa <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A couple of letters<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1073,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1088","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/treehousemusic.nu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/treehousemusic.nu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/treehousemusic.nu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treehousemusic.nu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treehousemusic.nu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/treehousemusic.nu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1088\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treehousemusic.nu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/treehousemusic.nu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}