{"product_id":"a-romance-on-three-legs-glenn-goulds-obsessive-quest-for-the-perfect-piano-1596915250","title":"A Romance on Three Legs: Glenn Gould's Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Piano","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1596915250\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hafner, Katie\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlenn Gould was famous for his obsessions: the scarves, sweaters and fingerless gloves that he wore even on the hottest summer days; his deep fear of germs and illness; the odd wooden \"pygmy\" chair that he carried with him wherever he performed; and his sudden withdrawal from the public stage at the peak of his career. But perhaps Gould's greatest obsession of all was for a particular piano, a Steinway concert grand known as CD318 (C, meaning for the use of Steinway Concert Artists only, and D, denoting it as the largest that Steinway built). A Romance on Three Legs is the story of Gould's love for this piano, from the first moment of discovery, in a Toronto dept. store, to the tragic moment when the piano was dropped and seriously damaged while being transported from a concert overseas. Hafner also introduces us to the world and art of piano tuning, including a central character in Gould's life, the blind tuner Verne Edquist, who lovingly attended to CD318 for more than two decades. We learn how a concert grand is built, and the fascinating story of how Steinway \u0026amp; Sons weathered the war years by supplying materials for the military effort. Indeed, CD318 came very close to ending up as a series of glider parts or, worse, a casket. The book has already been lauded by Kevin Bazzana, author of the definitive Gould biography, who notes that Hafner \"has clarified some old mysteries and turned up many fresh details.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51321835553056,"sku":"NEW1596915250","price":40.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/81kSUMNhxWL.jpg?v=1773104065","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/a-romance-on-three-legs-glenn-goulds-obsessive-quest-for-the-perfect-piano-1596915250","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}