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A romance on three legs : Glenn Gould's obsessive quest for the perfect piano / Katie Hafner.
- Title
- A romance on three legs : Glenn Gould's obsessive quest for the perfect piano / Katie Hafner.
- Author
- Hafner, Katie
- Publication
- New York : Bloomsbury USA, 2008.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book/Text | Request in advance | ML417.G68 H28 2008 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 259 p.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- "In this story, Katie Hafner introduces us to important figures in the pianist Glenn Gould's life, including Verne Edquist, the nearly blind, long-suffering tuner who maintained the piano for years. She offers a fascinating history of the science and art of tuning, and takes us inside the Steinway factory during the Second World War, when CD 318 was built. Laced with incidents that are variously inspiring, moving, and absurd, Gould's story, Hafner reminds us, is not only about genius and obsession but about iron, wood, and the craftsmanship that enabled his art to flourish."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-249) and index.
- Contents
- Toronto -- Saskatchewan -- Astoria -- The trouble with pianos -- Eaton's -- A romance on three legs -- CD 318 in the studio -- Broken piano -- Making do -- The defection -- Afterlife.
- ISBN
- 9781596915244
- 1596915242
- LCCN
- ^^2007048808
- OCLC
- 183879474
- SCSB-10235978
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library