I was a big fan and would love for my granddaughters to be able to hear the Karl Haas programs. Thank you for your consideration.—Signed LJ

I am very disappointed that you have not only removed Karl Haas' Adventure in Good Music from your schedule, but also all information about him from your website.

I understand that the family's wishes need to be honored.  However, I think that you have a responsibility to represent to the family that they are blocking public access to a serious cultural treasure that is still in great demand.  If you do not wish to undertake this difficult diplomatic task personally (I can imagine reasons why not) then I believe it is your responsibility to find and encourage someone else who would be highly likely to be able to carry this to a successful conclusion.

I would love to be able to get my hands on the broadcast of 4/1/99 to use for my students. It's about musical jokes, in honor of April Fool's Day.—Signed LC
 

Undoubtedly you have received many of these petitions but please don't ignore them. As a 45 year old father of two, my wife and I try to set aside a couple of evenings a month where we, as a family, listen to music together. Sometimes we make it a music swap session, my 14 year old will make us endure current pop selections, my wife might choose a country selection, I might choose classical or 80's, my 12 year old might play the piano. Other times we might listen to a program on a public radio station while doing homework, a puzzle, or light reading. Anything to get the TV and computer off for a bit.

I would certainly like to include Adventures in Good Music as part of the music. There is another reason, I just plain miss hearing the program. The dry humor, the silliness ("Name that Conductor?!"), the wit, and the education al combined to make for a great show.

I do understand there are legal implications, but the more time that passes the more faint the desire for these programs will become. Please make these programs available soon. —Signed TR
 

I was a big fan and would love for my granddaughters to be able to hear the Karl Haas programs. Thank you for your consideration. —Signed LJ
 

I had the privilege of being raised in a family where Classical Music was heard often.

My (late) Mother was a subscriber to the ABC Recital Series Concerts in our home city, Sydney, Australia. It was during this time, during the 1960s & 70s that I was able to attend performances of some of the fore-most international musicians from that time.

When I married, I wanted my family to enjoy equivalent access to that which was afforded to me by my Mother.

Through his radio program, broadcast nationally in Australia, my family were treated to the knowledge, charm & wit of Karl Haas and their lives (& mine) were enriched. A new generation has now arrived & I would dearly love to not only have them hear and learn from Adventures in Good Music but also to re-aquaint myself with the man & his love of music.

The internet provides the platform whereby Karl's programs could be downloaded & shared allowing just a few of the multitudes referred to above to learn from this great man.—Signed DC
 

I listened to Dr. Haas from 1980 to his death. A friend and I were reminiscing about Dr. Haas this morning (we wandered there after listening to Schnabel’s Beethoven sonatas) and realized how much we miss him. It would be so lovely to hear the programs. I have a subscription to Hearts of Space and something like that would be great for Dr. Haas, too. So I, for one, would be willing to pay to hear him again.—Signed KC
 

Coming from The Netherlands and working here for a few years, this was one of a handful of programs that made my day every time. You would do us all a tremendous pleasure by re-issuing all those radio sessions which one for one were treasures.—Signed MW
 

Thinking about Karl Haas's "Adventures in Good Music," I happened across the Electricka web site and read the plea to make available all of these broadcasts from a database. What a wonder and joy that would be. In 1965 I moved back to Detroit from Phoenix. The programs of Mr. Haas over WJR beccame a daily learning and fascinating listening experience. Having access to these broadcasts again would be a voyage of discovery for many and a pleasant re-discovery for long time classical fans.

Considering the decline of corporate support for classical music, these centuries of musical genius need every bit of help to remain available to listeners. Could you please do your large part to keep this music alive by making the broadcasts of "Adventures" accessible to all over the internet?

Below is the original note, but I wanted to add my own comments. If there is anything I can do to further such a project, please advise me.—Signed MC
 

I am an Australian whose most favoured time of day was 9am so I could listen to the programme Adventures in good music. I learned so many things which I joyously expounded to others who became stunned at my knowledge of music. Needless I always acknowledged the fount of my knowledge. The programme introduced me to so many different pieces of music and explanations that I would never have come across had I not listened to Dr.Haas's programme.—Signed LH
 

I would also be glad to purchase CDs or pay to download “Adventures in Good Music.” My teenage daughter is a serious music student and would love the programs. She doesn’t remember that we listened to Dr. Karl Haas when she was a baby. What a wonderful gift a complete set of programs on CD would be! Surely many people would l be acquired.—Signed RS
 

Please make the recordings of Karl Haas' program available for the benefit of music audiences.  Make some money if you must--e.g. post them on YouTube, with advertising.

I listened to them, possibly on your station, when I lived in Columbus in the 1970s and early 1980s.  You really should not destroy this extraordinary resource.—Signed PJQ
 

My grandmother listened to Adventures in Good Music regularly and loved these programs. She would have the program on when I was visiting and I was significantly influenced to learn and love classical music through that exposure, although it took many years for it to “sink in.” Now that I am older, and even more fond of classical music, I would love to access to those programs for my own enjoyment and edification, as well as for my family and the young people that I teach and have influence over. There is not a great deal available that does what Karl Haas did so well.

I do not have knowledge of the legal or financial obstacles involved, but I do hope that this storehouse of cultural value could be made available for the whole world to enjoy and grow from. Thanks for your consideration.—Signed TS
 

I am sending in the standard petition, but I would like to say that on a personal note I have been searching for recordings of the Karl Haas programs for years.

When I lived in New York in my 20’s, I would listen to the morning broadcasts on WQXR several times a week.

Now, 40 years later and living in Australia, I would so like to hear them again.  And I know that my children, who are now in their 20’s would so enjoy these recordings and learn from them.  I would even bet that they would tell their friends about them.

Please if you can do something, please do.— Signed LS
 

I remember staying up late in high school 6 years ago listening to Dr. Haas' program. I remember it being vital that I not miss his opening introduction of the night's topic, his opening theme, and his rich "Hello Everyone," this I feel will live me forever. Dr. Haas' insight and ability to spread the love of classical music is unrivaled, even today. I wish to someday relive, re-experience, and hopefully pass on those experiences I had 6 years ago listening to Dr. Karl Haas. Thank you!—TLG, LPN
 

Shortly after Dr. Karl Haas began broadcasting on WJR, my 14 year old sister wrote to Karl. He invited us to his studio to watch one of his broadcasts. I was only 10 when we traveled from Sylvania, Ohio to Detroit. I fell even more in love with him when I met him that day.

I would love to be able to hear Dr. Haas's Adventures in Good Music programs. Please make the recordings of his programs available to the world over the Internet at no charge.—Signed JM
 

I was introduced to ADVENTURES IN GOOD MUSIC by a sculptor on the faculty at Portland State University named Frederich Littman. I was a home health aide with the Visiting Nurse Association of Portland, and Dr. Littman was a cancer patient whom I had the privilege of attending to in his home, helping him with his bath. On my first visit he asked me if I liked classical music and I said I did, but was not very knowledgeable about it other than from piano lessons through grade school. He then began playing for me cassette recordings of Karl Haas’ programs every time I came to visit. I was enchanted and hooked from the start. I then began tuning in every day to the broadcasts from our local public station.

I have such a fond place in my heart for Karl Haas. I’m convinced there’s a need for his voice to continue. He was one of those rare teachers who was able to bring our culture’s highest expressions within the reach of everyone.

Thank you for any efforts you can make on behalf of those of us waiting to hear him again—and those who have yet to discover him.—Signed JB

The final outcome needs to be more than a daily rebroadcast, as desirable as that is.  The final outcome needs to be making available all of Dr. Haas' Adventures in Good Music programs on a website, your own or someone else's (electricka.com has offered) so that fans and music teachers would be able to hear and hopefully download the programs of most interest to them at whatever time the hearers have available.

I say music teachers because Dr. Haas was a consummate teacher who did not just play recordings, but explained all the common aspects of Classical Music and then went to his piano and made things I could not have isolated in a recording abundantly clear.  I wish I had listened more carefully when I was in high school, more years ago than I care to mention!

Please consider this request carefully.  Both old fans and young people who have never yet heard Dr. Haas are eagerly awaiting full access to this remarkable cultural treasure.—Signed TRW
 

Karl Haas got me through my Surgery residency in Texas, and then some. I listened to it religiously in the operating room--above the objections of a die-hard few nurses of the country-western persuasion--but in the end, everyone enjoyed his approach. A new generation has now come along, and since classical music is . . . classic, his programs should appeal just as much to this newer generation as it did the older--and this generation has more need of Karl Haas, faced with the dearth of good and even mediocre music around these days. PLEASE consider making his programs available again--even for podcast download if you don't want to spare the airtime. But they will be listened to, if they are ever rebroadcast. He was and will always be the voice of classical music for me and for many many others.—Signed TB
 

About once a year, I go online specifically to find out if access to Adventures in Good Music has finally happened. But I'm always disappointed. I assume that the rights to his programs are owned by someone who isn't allowing them to be released. But this time I ran across Electricka's site which suggests Mr. Haas' fans contact you as you might be someone who could facilitate the dissemination of the program via the many electronic media outlets that now exist. If you have this ability, please do use it. MANY people grew up hearing Haas' programs. We love them! We WOULD pay to hear them again. I am desperate to share them with my own children. I know they could help them understand the appeal of classical music. The more time that goes by without their release, the fewer and fewer people will be left who remember Mr. Haas at all, whereas access to his programs would bring a fresh audience to classical music. Is there anything you can do? Do you have any sway with Mr. Haas' estate owners? Could Mr. Haas' fans get into touch with them?—Signed EK
 

I had the privilege of being raised in a family where Classical Music was heard often. My (late) Mother was a subscriber to the ABC Recital Series Concerts in our home city, Sydney, Australia. It was during this time, during the 1960s & 70s that I was able to attend performances of some of the fore-most international musicians from that time. When I married, I wanted my family to enjoy equivalent access to that which was afforded to me by my Mother. Through his radio program, broadcast nationally in Australia, my family were treated to the knowledge, charm & wit of Karl Haas and their lives (& mine) were enriched. A new generation has now arrived & I would dearly love to not only have them hear and learn from Adventures in Good Music but also to re-aquaint myself with the man & his love of music. The internet provides the platform whereby Karl's programs could be downloaded & shared allowing just a few of the multitudes referred to above to learn from this great man.—Signed DC
 

Having worked in the Cincinnati area with excellent accessibility to amazing public radio stations, I was able to listen to Karl Haas on WVXU nearly everyday for several years. He helped make classical music understandable.—Signed Mark
 

Its Christmas time and I was longing for the traditional Karl Haas church visits to the worlds great cathedrals. I first heard Karl Haas when in the service during Viet Nam. Later my wife and then my family faithfully made Karl a part of each work day. WE MISS HIM and the programs. His legacy should not be LOST. PLEASE DO SOMETHING....We saw him at the Peristyle at Toledo Museum of Arts many years ago, very delightful. Please restore the Easter and Christmas special programs at the very least. THESE ARE HISTORIC LESSONS and todays courseness and lack of finesse could be balanced by Karl's teachings and taste.Thank you for your attention. My grandchildren and hopefully great grandchildren will GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT...—Signed RH