Jude Reveley

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I was deeply saddened to hear of the loss of my friend, Chris Pleim, and I was honored to attend his Sukhavati Ceremony which was both Pleimly sublime and brutally honest. I worked for Chris for about a year around '95, and although he was really just my gateway drug to Aardvark Piano, he became a close friend and an ardent supporter when I hung up my own shingle. He introduced me to David Stanwood and Piano Metrology, he showed up to just about every class I taught just to support me, he called for my advice (softening the mentor/apprentice relationship), he became a client when I started making soundboard panels, but most of all he was one of those primary members of our piano communiy that I was always happy to see and always expected to be there. Outside of piano tech, we shared a love of music, and as a Vippassana meditator, we shared a bond and he always encouraged me to join him at Shambhala. I know he was a complicated individual, and perhaps I was lucky never to fall in his crosshairs, but mostly I wish there could have been more time for Chris, more heathspan. When I think of him, I will always remember his smile. Rock the Bardo, my friend!
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