{"product_id":"a-romance-on-three-legs-glenn-goulds-obsessive-quest-for-the-perfect-piano-9781596915251","title":"A Romance on Three Legs: Glenn Gould's Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Piano","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Romance on Three Legs: Glenn Gould's Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Piano\u003c\/strong\u003e by Hafner, Katie. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781596915251.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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 Goulds 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 Goulds 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 Goulds 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\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45253898731573,"sku":"ByrdShop_1596915250","price":30.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781596915251_9503b117-c43c-4fbc-b59a-fb740ae3b9ad.jpg?v=1779950355","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/a-romance-on-three-legs-glenn-goulds-obsessive-quest-for-the-perfect-piano-9781596915251","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}