Dear List, I think that the author also said that he got his piano info right out of Braid-White. Who would have thought that B-W would be a resource for a fiction writer. Dorrie Bell Original Message: ----------------- From: Fred S. Sturm fssturm@unm.edu Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2003 07:58:21 -0700 To: caut@ptg.org Subject: "The Piano Tuner" Another book of interest is "The Piano Tuner" by Daniel Mason - published within the last year or so. It is the tale of a piano tuner sent by the British government to the jungles of Burma in the late 1800's to repair an Erard grand for an eccentric doctor/diplomat. Lovely descriptions of Burma, interesting and generally "not bad" descriptions of piano work. I enjoyed it. The author is a med student who spent time in Burma. In acknowledgments he says he was helped by David Skolnick and Ben Treuhaft. Regards, Fred Sturm Jeff Tanner wrote: > Hi Alan, > For a class of this perspective, I would recommend that the book "The Piano > Shop on the Left Bank", by Thad Carhart (2001), be required reading. It > was recently recommended to me by one of our piano professors who > accidentally happened upon it, and I purchased it this week. I'm only > about 1/4 through the book, but can already see the value it would have for > anyone who has even a passing interest in the piano! > > I don't do much book reading, but I have found it quite enchanting > (particularly from our perspective!). > > Jeff > > Alan McCoy wrote: > >The idea I have for the class is basically to enhance communication between > >pianists and technicians. So many pianists are clueless about their > >instrument. I want to address that so that especially piano majors know what > >is possible for a given piano and know how to ask for it. So my aim is not > >to train someone to be a technician, but to teach about the piano from a > >technical perspective. I will most likely approach this from a practical > >point of view covering things like naming notes (D5 instead of "the D two > >octaves above mid C), historical temperaments, naming piano parts, knowing > >how actions work, pulling in a unison, answering the basic questions we all > >hear (how often should I tune....etc) that sort of thing. > > > >Alan > > Jeff Tanner > Piano Technician > School of Music > 813 Assembly ST > University of South Carolina > Columbia, SC 29208 > (803)-777-4392 > jtanner@mozart.sc.edu > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives _______________________________________________ caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .
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