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I think, “Yes, this would be a nice way to die." It isn’t   *· -A F- ’ \   RA ;)?   _.  · . )_—"sl__    
. an idle thought on this lovely May morning. The   }i  A      A [ gg if     1
I woman pulling the strings of the harp is Diane    __ ` {rf 1 i . A .`.f1_[·___ Ai'; J. P, I
Schneider. She is aA theologian and chaplain who   A ' _ ‘ AA 1. Ser  if ·`       1 { *’ t
A plays at the bedsides of the ill and dying. \-[` A I . ~é _, _;%`x·Q..A But what’s even more fascinating is the ability of   fl A — . · 1 "     •·A`   _ .f Ai ji A I   "g·__ ‘    
, harp music to soothe and help heal people who   igy ’ 1*     A i  T }:  ’ . ; Ai'/   A
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bachelor’s degree at UK in communications in 1971 A   A.   Af ’   Ai  {Eg, A  if-gf! A ’ \‘\y\l\*\_ A '1 ·
and then a law degree in 1974, was one of the , · 3, ,_   ‘€'   A" (P`_.j=* 1 1` · ff   l- -. .
_ speakers at an international symposium on "Heal- ;;»§€Al , Q_ . Q- AYj"i?;_fji t ‘   ?_,   I 1 . ~ 'tqt; =
1 ing I·Iarps" in May at North Illinois University in i   Q ‘ A,Q,A?·A’·_y£   ._ TI;. 1 _   V Af _ s A ” ' j ·
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by Liz Cifani, principal harpist for the Lyric Opera   » fn §· i    A ,} . {E5}    ·-:}A•Tf·  c.  A , 1t*i’Q¥   
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ginners at her home in Winona, Minn., and at   °.4*'  if    A` A   iw., _
Viterbo College in La Crosse, Wis. Her students ;»¤¥£_,Q,,`       6}/      ,   ~ A  A"   v i .  
tend to be either in the healing professions them- T   =%`,,._ » :  {Al     AQ;       i _    
1 selves or working on their own healing. Schneider [ AA;  Ay V in éf{_. A -,,1     A   A      ; _   WA
says some of her students are dealing with health         I  AA-‘ _,;      » ._,,_ ·¤ 
issues such as depression, post—polio syndrome and ,. A  .;Zi`·/}       7*   ' A” AA     *    ._ A ~ ·* 
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The belief is that the vibrations of the harp, '     A \,`AA    A A1  A`   
which players hold to their shoulder, can help in                 I A ai ·5*     A
the healing process. , .‘ A1   ._l·\   .f,‘;A5_·{A°{     7 \_     ·  
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Schneider`s student, massage therapist Patti Raak, gl- ,     Af iz§?‘A*  !°   I   ’   .A ‘g AA A _ A§ 
hits a certain string on her arpeggios, I feel the vi- if    __ `·;·;’I_§$  {yu [ 'AA· · A    
bration travel across the porch floor, up my legs ¥  1 Eif‘1A i Fig}?  ·¥'Q.€ .‘, QA ~ Ark., Ag', L A   »
and through my body. Schneider later tells me I vi- , ·         ·_ »   ., AI/A  
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the cells in our bodies vibrate constantly. I       v A· i.*A·:>·  .     A1 ‘ ····   ;AA VA \
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persons voice. Schneider says she tries to find mu- ,"     y   ' :1   A -  _ A . I   .  ·’.
sic that soothes the patient. _- {  f 1 ` _ V 1;A." ._   .   »     A l
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