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caused the jangle when one particular note was struck. The 

 lady player had previously declared that she would send for a 

 tuner the next day, and laughed at my attempt to fix it by hunt- 

 ing about the room while she pounded. However, she did not 

 conceal her surprise when the trouble was removed, and admitted 

 that there was something about this sound business that she did 

 not quite understand. 



In regard to locating these jangles, however, I will say that it 

 is not always so easy. It requires some practice before the ear 

 becomes capable of locating with any degree of success the direc- 

 tion of sounds of this kind. This was my experience with the 

 first piano jangle, that of the cracked globe, which was quite 

 difficult ; that of the window shutter was easier, as well as many 

 others which I have located since. A correct musical ear is also 

 an important adjunct in the case. I have often observed the 

 responsive jangle in concert halls, churches, etc. One church in 

 particular in Brooklyn that I often attended had a responsive 

 note high up in one of the windows which I was able to locate 

 from the pew where I sat. I formed a sort of secret attachment 

 for this jingling note, and I looked as much for it to respond 

 every Sunday when the organist touched the proper key as for 

 the audience to respond to the readings of the service. 



Business called me away from home and church, and after a 

 lapse of four or five years after returning home one of the first 

 things I looked for on again attending church was my jangle. 

 But alas ! it was gone. During my absence inside windows had 

 been placed over all the windows in the church, and my jangling 

 friend was silenced. No doubt the cause of this jangle was some 

 detached piece of glass from a cracked window pane, but it was 

 too high up to be seen. 



This locating of jangles originating from musical notes hav- 

 ing become somewhat of a hobby with me, being almost always 

 on the lookout for them, many curious instances similar to those 

 I have mentioned could be related, but I will give only one other, 

 which was the first that ever came under my notice, and which 

 took place several years ago. 



This most peculiar case happened in a church on an Easter 

 Sunday. During the singing of a hymn I at once became con- 

 scious of an occasional discordant sound quite near where I stood 

 (the congregation were standing), and this jangle was so marked 

 that the music for me at least had no further charms. After 

 listening in various directions I finally located it as coming from 

 the mouth of an elderly lady who was singing with a good deal 

 of vim in the seat in front of me. The fact was, her false teeth 

 were loose, some of them at least, and the effect, notwithstanding 

 the surroundings was to me more ludicrous than inspiring. In 



