A Romance on Three Legs : Glenn Gould's Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Piano (Paperback)

from samfsmith

Subtitled "Glenn Gould's Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Piano" The characters make this creative non-fiction book about Glenn Gould's search for the perfect piano. There is Gould himself, of course. The author does not make a judgment about his mental health, letting his actions speak to the rea...

from Rich_Reader

I would dispute some of the things Ms. Hafner says about piano tuning in this book. Most piano tuners will use the "equal temperment" method of tuning, whereby all semitones are tuned to the same ratio, which works out to 1/12 of an octave. This results in the fifths being slightly flat, and the ...

from Rich_Reader

I would dispute some of the things Ms. Hafner says about piano tuning in this book. Most piano tuners will use the "equal temperment" method of tuning, whereby all semitones are tuned to the same ratio, which works out to 1/12 of an octave. This results in the fifths being slightly flat, and the ...

from TadAD

This book is portrait of three individuals. The first is, of course, Glenn Gould: the highest paid concert pianist of his day who, nonetheless, abandoned the "jungle" of the concert stage and worked only in recording studios; a hypochondriac and sometimes bizarre figure who often refused to accep...

from samfsmith

Subtitled "Glenn Gould's Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Piano" The characters make this creative non-fiction book about Glenn Gould's search for the perfect piano. There is Gould himself, of course. The author does not make a judgment about his mental health, letting his actions speak to the rea...