Can you describe a Hosaphone(tm) lesson with the inventor of the Hosaphone(tm)?
You have to understand that someone who can come up with such an unusual yet simple design also can be a bit of a mystic at times too. Mr. Roth recalls an event in his own words: In the early days when I was beta testing the Hosaphone(tm) prototypes, mostly for tassel placement, I had problems with pitch. I spoke in great detail with Mr. Workman about my problems and he was very encouraging. As I recall, he said that it wasn’t that the Hosaphone(tm) was having a pitch problem, but it was that I was not in tune with the rest of the world and that it was my soul that needed adjusting! This was a most profound thing to say and I was told — not only should I learn to play the Hosaphone(tm), but I needed to *be* the Hosaphone(tm). Then what proceeded was the longest moment of silence I have ever endured. It must have been not more than 30 seconds, according to my long distance phone bill, but it felt like hours. Then Mr. Workman added, “If that doesn’t work, I’d cut about an eighth of an i
