false 2625665 2 <div><div>A grand tale of obsession about the brilliant Glenn Gould and the unique, temperamental instrument he came to love beyond all others, by a top <i>New York Times</i> writer.<br>Glenn Gould was one of the most complex, brilliant artists of the twentieth century, a musician famous for bizarre habits: he wore a hat and gloves even on the warmest summer day; refused to shake hands for fear of germs or damaged fingers; hummed and conducted himself while he played; and traveled the world with a battered old chair, refusing to perform while sitting on anything else. <br>But perhaps Gould&#8217;s greatest obsession of all was with a Steinway concert grand known as CD318. To explain that relationship, which Gould himself described as &#8220;a romance on three legs,&#8221; Katie Hafner introduces us to the important figures in Gould&#8217;s life, including Verne Edquist, his longtime, long-suffering, blind tuner. She offers a fascinating history of the art of tuning, and takes us inside Steinway during the war years, when CD318 was built. And she dissects Gould&#8217;s life with the piano, from his first encounter with it to the endless coddling and tweaking that Edquist performed over the years. Hafner includes Gould&#8217;s stormy, sometimes outrageous, correspondence with Steinway, and describes his despair when CD318 was fatally dropped from a loading dock.<br>The book will appeal to fans of books like <i>The Piano Shop on the Left Bank</i>, as well as to those looking fora rich story of obsession like <i>The Orchid Thief</i>.</div></div> 2650346 2008 A Romance on Three Legs: Glenn Gould's Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Piano total:66|5:20|4:32|3:14|2:0|1:0| 66 270 145 32 5 0 false false Sat May 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 09:31:32 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 09:40:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 10 12:42:34 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 06:21:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 17:49:39 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 07:36:31 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 11:35:22 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 11:41:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 07:33:20 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 07:45:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 23 18:10:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 18:13:39 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 27 17:28:58 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 17:43:58 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jun 14 02:20:01 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 02:37:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 21:27:46 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 09:52:40 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Nov 26 21:36:50 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 09:08:40 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Fri Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 14 12:39:55 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 11:07:37 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 08:38:22 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 08:53:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 10:14:43 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 10:16:38 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Feb 17 06:40:50 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 06:42:58 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jan 02 11:20:31 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 15:58:53 -0800 2009
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