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February 28[edit]

Wall Street Journal Article on Delhi riots[edit]

Can anyone email me the text of the WSJ article on Delhi riots. Thanks. --⋙–DBig Xrayᗙ 10:47, 28 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Best place for a request like this is the resource request. --Viennese Waltz 10:52, 28 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Viennese Waltz, thanks. ⋙–DBig Xrayᗙ 12:21, 28 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The Revised Standard Version Bible[edit]

How many words are in the Revised Standard Version of the Bible with and without the apocrypha? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 45.52.44.180 (talk) 18:00, 28 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This page lists the word count of several popular translations, though not the RSV. This one has several as well, including the English Standard Version, a more recent update to the RSV, but not the original RSV. This page has even MORE versions, but only goes as far back as the New Revised Standard Version, the one in between the RSV and the ESV, so even that one doesn't have the version you're looking for. I hope some of these help with the general idea, but I can't find much else. --Jayron 32 18:30, 28 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

45.52.44.180, it would be tedious work, but since the Revised Standard Version is available online in a separate file for each book of the Bible, you could paste it all into a word processor program, strip out the verse numbers and use the word count feature. 70.67.193.176 (talk) 17:02, 3 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Crema alla Rossini[edit]

What is Crema alla Rossini? It's mentioned in our Rossini article, but I can find little else about it. Thank you, DuncanHill (talk) 18:27, 28 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That exact three word phrase only exist in the Wikipedia article, and in mirrors. If they exist outside of Wikipedia, it must only be in print-only sources. --Jayron 32 18:59, 28 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

GBS snippet view allows me to see that the dishes are mentioned in Servadio 2003, which however does not offer more information about the dishes than already included in our Rossini article. --Lambiam 19:25, 28 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Tournedos alla Rossini, crema Rossini and frittata alla Rossini are some of the dishes that still bear his name today.[1]it is it the Velouté Rossini[2]? But that is mixing Spanish, French and Italian. fiveby (talk) 20:04, 28 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The last guess is plausible; you can use the Italian term crema di pollo for a saucy soup or soupy sauce that can be considered a chicken velouté. --Lambiam 08:05, 29 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Cream of chicken soup then? DuncanHill (talk) 15:30, 29 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

According to this site in Serbian Crema alla Rossini is "sladoled od vanilije s muškatnim oraščićem i balsamico octom" (vanilla ice cream with nutmeg and balsamic vinegar). 2003:F5:6F07:1E00:D0A6:42DE:9A9A:956A (talk) 13:04, 1 March 2020 (UTC) Marco_PB[reply]

piano size[edit]

Alicia de Larrocha's biography says:

Less than five feet tall and with small hands for a pianist,[1][2] spanning an interval of barely a tenth on the keyboard,[9]...

A pianist once told me de Larrocha's span was more like a seventh, but ok. My question is: why don't they just make piano keyboards in different sizes? I think they did that with old harpsichords, for example. I had a 7/8 size Casio keyboard a while back, and didn't have much trouble switching between it and a full sized piano. I was never more than a beginning level player though, so maybe it's harder to switch if you're doing stuff that's more technically advanced than what I was able to attempt. Any ideas? 73.93.155.1 (talk) 19:29, 28 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Well, they do. But if you're a working musician, and piano is your instrument, you don't usually get to work on your instrument, you work on whatever instrument the venue has available.--jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆 𝄐𝄇} 22:18, 28 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A Piano Keyboard for Small Hands. Alansplodge (talk) 17:32, 2 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Victor Borge used to tell his audiences that the Baldwin people had asked him to report that he was playing on a Steinway (or vice versa, as needed). ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 17:42, 2 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks all. Alansplodge's link led to a rabbit hole about the Steinbuhler keyboards. I also realize the Casio keyboard I had was smaller than 7/8 (it wasn't a serious instrument at all). Interestingly there don't seem to any 7/8 electronic keyboards available even though there is demand for them. paskpiano.org is a good starting point for this, and it's probably worth writing an article on the subject, if it can be written to not like like a Steinbuhler ad. 2601:648:8202:96B0:C8B1:B369:A439:9657 (talk) 21:25, 6 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]