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11 juli 2006

Kempf House Tagline

THE KEMPF HOUSE is having a little contest of sorts with its members to think of a new tagline. This is a short slogan that appears on the bottom of stationery. It should sum up the KH and be snappy and pithy. Something like, "A historic home in the heart of Ann Arbor" or "A gem of the past preserved for tomorrow." As you can see I'm not doing very well. It's harder than you think to think up something succinct yet descriptive. Y. has a little list of related terms, such as "19th century," "music," "keyboard," "1853," "song," "downtown," "urban," and is shuffling them around, a la "magnetic poetry" words, to no avail. Kind readers are invited to contribute their own ideas, which I'll submit, credited, to the KH if you wish.

Posted by ypsidixit at 11 juli 2006 08:30

Comments

"Step into Ann Arbor's musical past."

Meh. So-so.

Posted by: Laura at 11 juli 2006 09:39

"Bringing Harmony to Division since 1853."

Posted by: Jim at 11 juli 2006 10:18

Jim: Oooohhhhh---how wonderfully clever and funny!

I love it! Oh, puns are a definite plus. Great suggestion, Jim! :)

Posted by: Laura at 11 juli 2006 10:24

Ooh, that's good--funny, truthful, wry, clever, all at the same time.

Posted by: Sally Day at 11 juli 2006 10:27

Other words and ideas at your disposal: Greek Revival, music teacher, German-American, stereoscope, piano, 1877 Steinway (first one in the city), anthemion (those whorly iron thingies used for decoration on the facade), porch, concerts, postmaster (previous occupant). The piano was often lent to the then-infant University Musical Society if that's of any use. "Lending out the piano since 1877." Nah.

Posted by: Laura at 11 juli 2006 10:30

"Tuned to the past."

Meh. Almost but not qute there.

Posted by: Laura at 11 juli 2006 11:03

"We Used to Have a Backyard Privy But Got Rid of It."

Um, no.

Posted by: Laura at 11 juli 2006 11:04

In German, a Kempf is a struggle or battle. A warrior is a Kempfer (or Kampfer, rather, with an umlaut over the "a"). Then there was that book Hitler wrote . . .

Posted by: whoops at 09 augustus 2006 01:10