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050 00 $aML417.G68$bH28 2008
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100 1 $aHafner, Katie.
245 12 $aA romance on three legs :$bGlenn Gould's obsessive quest for the perfect piano /$cKatie Hafner.
260 $aNew York :$bBloomsbury USA,$c2008.
300 $a259 p. ;$c22 cm.
505 0 $aToronto -- 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.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 237-249) and index.
520 1 $a"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.
600 10 $aGould, Glenn$xCriticism and interpretation.
610 20 $aSteinway & Sons$xHistory.
650 0 $aSteinway piano$xHistory.
650 0 $aPiano$xConstruction$zUnited states.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aHafner, Katie.$tRomance on three legs.$dNew York : Bloomsburg, 2008$w(OCoLC)654240011
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