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Subject: Manson's Maze #4To: "'John Bailey'" <jmb184@frontiernet.net>

Regarding correspondence notes:  vanier4.txt

(Vanier says)  "If you look on the ground, the shadow of the chair is
forming a musical chord. Almost all symbol above the doors are related  to
music. But not all of them! The guide give a hint when he say "Are you sure
it's the hat that is lost?". Above the first door from the right, there is a
fah clef, which is usually use for bass instrument. Above door 3, there is a
quaver, a musical note. Above the 3th door, there is a sol clef. Above the
4th door, there is a.... what is this, this has nothing to with music!
Therefore, the right door can only be door 13 since the two other don't have
numbers."

(Let me start by saying I don't know if anyone has already commented on this
or not, and am not trying to repeat anything.)   Being a musician myself, I
would like to point out that the symbol over door #3 certainly has to do
with music!  You would not find this sort of chord in trumpet or flute music
as it would be impossible for a single such instrument to play it.  However,
these chords are quite common in piano music.  If in the bass clef, the
notes turn out to be G/B/E/G ;  if the treble then E/G/C/E.  Over door #13,
the notes in the bass clef are  A/C, and in the treble are F/A.  Let's use
the clef of the symbol preceding it.  Therefore, A & C when transferred to
numbers (a=1, b=2) show up as 13, the number of the door.  Doing the same
with the other, only in the treble clef, we end up with 5735 (or 20, added).
Not very promising unless you go three down from the top and get the number
3.  But if you add up all the numbers from both pictures,  you end up with
24.  Given the nature of the room, I think this might be a warning against
24, though neither 3 nor 13 directly lead to that room.

One other note: the shadows from the chair do not line up. If you study them
carefully, the shadows for each leg to the seat are perfect, but the braces
connect to the wrong legs.  Perhaps just artist error.