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The Piano Tuner

Author : Daniel Mason
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1400077710
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Piano Tuner written by Daniel Mason and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2003-12-16 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Notable Book A San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, and Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year “A gripping and resonant novel. . . . It immerses the reader in a distant world with startling immediacy and ardor. . . . Riveting.” —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times In 1886 a shy, middle-aged piano tuner named Edgar Drake receives an unusual commission from the British War Office: to travel to the remote jungles of northeast Burma and there repair a rare piano belonging to an eccentric army surgeon who has proven mysteriously indispensable to the imperial design. From this irresistible beginning, The Piano Tuner launches readers into a world of seductive, vibrantly rendered characters, and enmeshes them in an unbreakable spell of storytelling.

The Piano Tuner

Author : Peter Meinke
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820343587
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The Piano Tuner written by Peter Meinke and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Piano Tuner, Peter Meinke writes of the foreignness that awaits us when we go abroad and when we answer our own front door to admit a stranger, that confronts us in unfamiliar cities and villages and in the equally disquieting surroundings of our memories and regrets. Often in these stories, what seems a safe, comfortable environment turns suddenly threatening. In the title story, a writer's quiet existence amid his antiques and books is dismantled, piece by piece, by a demonic, beer-bellied piano tuner. In "The Ponoes," a man recalls how, as a young boy living in Brooklyn during World War II, he became a collaborationist in the brutal pranks of two Irish bullies. In "The Twisted River," the sedate collegiality of a Polish university is disrupted when an American on a Fulbright grant attempts to blackmail two faculty members. And in "The Bracelet," a young anthropology student doing field work in Africa finds herself drawn further and further into the role of a priestess of Oshun, into a life dictated by the configuration of cowry shells cast upon the floor. Meinke writes of a world where our control over our lives seldom exists across a border, and often extends no further than our fingertips. Attempts to bridge two cultures, two lives are sometimes successful, as when an actor finds love in the arms of a tough-talking barmaid, but more usually lead to disillusionment, as when a hard-drinking salesman's career is shattered after he is drunk under the table one night by a Polish engineer, or when an English father struggles to find common ground with his American son. Riveting, almost terrifying, the stories in The Piano Tuner tell of decent men and women caught in events that they could never have predicted, would never have chosen.

Piano Servicing, Tuning, and Rebuilding for the Professional, the Student, and the Hobbyist

Author : Arthur A. Reblitz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781879511026
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Piano Servicing, Tuning, and Rebuilding for the Professional, the Student, and the Hobbyist written by Arthur A. Reblitz and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides all the information needed for restoring and maintaining pianos, both for professionals and amateurs.

The Craft of Piano Tuning

Author : Daniel Levitan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615430492
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book The Craft of Piano Tuning written by Daniel Levitan and published by . This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Piano Tuner's Daughter

Author : Ingrid Silvian
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1483661830
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (836 download)

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Book Synopsis The Piano Tuner's Daughter by : Ingrid Silvian

Download or read book The Piano Tuner's Daughter written by Ingrid Silvian and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-07-16 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ingrid Silvian has written a memorable story for children that will help them understand what it was really like to live through events of WWII, how children just like them adapt and survive. Through vignettes in the lives of two young girl friends, one Jewish, one Christian, we experience how everything changed when the Nazis came. Silvian provides a child's eye view of war, both mundane and profound a shift from marbles to shrapnel as the treasure of choice; racing to catch the last train carrying evacuees out of the city and ultimately, who was saved and who was sacrificed. At a time when many of the first hand witnesses of this chilling chapter of history are passing away, Silvian's story provides a valuable link that reaches across generations that will live on in the hearts and minds of a new generation of children. Pam Spence, editor, Ohio Jewish Chronicle, Columbus, OH

The Jazz-Girl, the Piano, and the Dedicated Tuner

Author : Nicky Gentil
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1788037634
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book The Jazz-Girl, the Piano, and the Dedicated Tuner written by Nicky Gentil and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The natural tone of Nicky Gentil’s richly anecdotal narrative will delight not only pianists and jazz enthusiasts but anyone who just happens to like pianos in general.” - Cadence Info Magazine A collection of humorous, touching, unputdownable stories set in Paris, The Jazz-Girl, the Piano, and the Dedicated Tuner transports you into a feel-good world of jazz, pianos and the little-known art of piano tuning. An entertaining slice of life, regardless of whether or not you play a musical instrument, this book explores the world of Nina Somerville, an Englishwoman who - while others are going through a mid-life crisis - discovers by complete chance her true calling: jazz improvisation. In a bid to enjoy that passion to the full, she purchases the piano of her dreams - a Steinway baby grand - leading her to make yet another discovery: the intricate mysteries of the fascinating piano tuning profession. Against the backdrop of the Eiffel tower and the Champs-Élysées, from the quest for the perfect sound to an unexpected chance to perform in public, music takes Nina on a journey which is at times improbable and hilarious, but equally moving, not to mention extremely informative. Previously published in France, The Jazz-Girl has been greatly received, and has the interesting addition of being musically illustrated on the author’s YouTube channel with some characters playing pieces alluded to in the stories.

The Piano Tuner #1

Author : Igancio Noe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781737730200
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book The Piano Tuner #1 written by Igancio Noe and published by . This book was released on 2021-09 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the humourous and adult world of Mr. D'elia, the Piano Tuner, as it leaps from the imagination of creator Ignacio Noe.

Complete Course in Professional Piano Tuning, Repair, and Rebuilding

Author : Floyd A. Stevens
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780830415939
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (159 download)

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Download or read book Complete Course in Professional Piano Tuning, Repair, and Rebuilding written by Floyd A. Stevens and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2001-06 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To find out more information about Rowman & Littlefield titles please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com.

Pianos Inside Out

Author : Mario Igrec
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780982756300
Total Pages : 539 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (563 download)

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Download or read book Pianos Inside Out written by Mario Igrec and published by . This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pianos Inside Out takes an in-depth look at the history, design, and maintenance of the piano, and provides practical guidance to anyone who wants to learn how to improve action performance, or tune, repair, regulate, voice, or rebuild pianos. Covering a wide range of topics, from introductory to advanced, the book puts between two covers all the advancements and understanding gained by the piano industry over the last 30 years, to provide a unified and coherent view of that much-needed information, from coincident partial tuning and interval inharmonicity, to touchweight analysis, string leveling, and the different types of modern lubricants. Although written for hobbyists, students, and piano technicians, Pianos Inside Out will also help pianists and owners of pianos to better understand their instruments and to communicate more effectively with their technicians. The book is full of clear, concise, step-by-step instructions, and more than 700 illustrations and diagrams.

Two Piano Tuners

Author : M. B. Goffstein
Publisher : Farrar, Straus & Giroux (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 9780374380199
Total Pages : 65 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Two Piano Tuners written by M. B. Goffstein and published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 1970 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rather than become a concert artist, Debbie Weinstock's great ambition is to be a piano tuner, just like her grandfather

My Life with the Great Pianists

Author : Franz Mohr
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book My Life with the Great Pianists written by Franz Mohr and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 1996-07 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mohr's humor and personal perspective on the lives of Rubinstein, Horowitz, and other artists mix music lore with quiet faith.

The Piano Shop on the Left Bank

Author : Thad Carhart
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0375758623
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (757 download)

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Download or read book The Piano Shop on the Left Bank written by Thad Carhart and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2002-03-12 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walking his two young children to school every morning, Thad Carhart passes an unassuming little storefront in his Paris neighborhood. Intrigued by its simple sign—Desforges Pianos—he enters, only to have his way barred by the shop’s imperious owner. Unable to stifle his curiosity, he finally lands the proper introduction, and a world previously hidden is brought into view. Luc, the atelier’s master, proves an indispensable guide to the history and art of the piano. Intertwined with the story of a musical friendship are reflections on how pianos work, their glorious history, and stories of the people who care for them, from amateur pianists to the craftsmen who make the mechanism sing. The Piano Shop on the Left Bank is at once a beguiling portrait of a Paris not found on any map and a tender account of the awakening of a lost childhood passion. Praise for The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: “[Carhart’s] writing is fluid and lovely enough to lure the rustiest plunker back to the piano bench and the most jaded traveler back to Paris.” –San Francisco Chronicle “Captivating . . . [Carhart] joins the tiny company of foreigners who have written of the French as verbs. . . . What he tries to capture is not the sight of them, but what they see.” –The New York Times “Thoroughly engaging . . . In part it is a book about that most unpredictable and pleasurable of human experiences, serendipity. . . . The book is also about something more difficult to pin down, friendship and community.” –The Washington Post “Carhart writes with a sensuousness enhanced by patience and grounded by the humble acquisition of new insight into music, his childhood, and his relationship to the city of Paris.” –The New Yorker NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD

The Lost Pianos of Siberia

Author : Sophy Roberts
Publisher : Grove Press
ISBN 13 : 0802149308
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book The Lost Pianos of Siberia written by Sophy Roberts and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “melodious” mix of music, history, and travelogue “reveals a story inextricably linked to the drama of Russia itself . . . These pages sing like a symphony.” —The Wall Street Journal Siberia’s story is traditionally one of exiles, penal colonies, and unmarked graves. Yet there is another tale to tell. Dotted throughout this remote land are pianos—grand instruments created during the boom years of the nineteenth century, as well as humble Soviet-made uprights that found their way into equally modest homes. They tell the story of how, ever since entering Russian culture under the westernizing influence of Catherine the Great, piano music has run through the country like blood. How these pianos traveled into this snowbound wilderness in the first place is testament to noble acts of fortitude by governors, adventurers, and exiles. Siberian pianos have accomplished extraordinary feats, from the instrument that Maria Volkonsky, wife of an exiled Decembrist revolutionary, used to spread music east of the Urals, to those that brought reprieve to the Soviet Gulag. That these instruments might still exist in such a hostile landscape is remarkable. That they are still capable of making music in far-flung villages is nothing less than a miracle. The Lost Pianos of Siberia follows Roberts on a three-year adventure as she tracks a number of instruments to find one whose history is definitively Siberian. Her journey reveals a desolate land inhabited by wild tigers and deeply shaped by its dark history, yet one that is also profoundly beautiful—and peppered with pianos. “An elegant and nuanced journey through literature, through history, through music, murder and incarceration and revolution, through snow and ice and remoteness, to discover the human face of Siberia. I loved this book.” —Paul Theroux

Temperament

Author : Stuart Isacoff
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0375703306
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (757 download)

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Download or read book Temperament written by Stuart Isacoff and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2003-02-04 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few music lovers realize that the arrangement of notes on today’s pianos was once regarded as a crime against God and nature, or that such legendary thinkers as Pythagoras, Plato, da Vinci, Galileo, Kepler, Descartes, Newton and Rousseau played a role in the controversy. Indeed, from the time of the Ancient Greeks through the eras of Renaissance scientists and Enlightenment philosophers, the relationship between the notes of the musical scale was seen as a key to the very nature of the universe. In this engaging and accessible account, Stuart Isacoff leads us through the battles over that scale, placing them in the context of quarrels in the worlds of art, philosophy, religion, politics and science. The contentious adoption of the modern tuning system known as equal temperament called into question beliefs that had lasted nearly two millenia–and also made possible the music of Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Debussy, and all who followed. Filled with original insights, fascinating anecdotes, and portraits of some of the greatest geniuses of all time, Temperament is that rare book that will delight the novice and expert alike.

The Piano Book

Author : Larry Fine
Publisher : Brookside Press (MA)
ISBN 13 : 9780961751241
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book The Piano Book written by Larry Fine and published by Brookside Press (MA). This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essential advice for buying and caring for a new or used piano. A '97-'98 supplement is available.

Piano Tuning for Musicians & Teachers

Author : Donald W. Stauffer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Piano Tuning for Musicians & Teachers written by Donald W. Stauffer and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Winter Soldier

Author : Daniel Mason
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316477583
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book The Winter Soldier written by Daniel Mason and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The epic story of war and medicine from the award-winning author of North Woods and The Piano Tuner is "a dream of a novel...part mystery, part war story, part romance" (Anthony Doerr, author of All the Light We Cannot See). Vienna, 1914. Lucius is a twenty-two-year-old medical student when World War I explodes across Europe. Enraptured by romantic tales of battlefield surgery, he enlists, expecting a position at a well-organized field hospital. But when he arrives, at a commandeered church tucked away high in a remote valley of the Carpathian Mountains, he finds a freezing outpost ravaged by typhus. The other doctors have fled, and only a single, mysterious nurse named Sister Margarete remains. But Lucius has never lifted a surgeon's scalpel. And as the war rages across the winter landscape, he finds himself falling in love with the woman from whom he must learn a brutal, makeshift medicine. Then one day, an unconscious soldier is brought in from the snow, his uniform stuffed with strange drawings. He seems beyond rescue, until Lucius makes a fateful decision that will change the lives of doctor, patient, and nurse forever. From the gilded ballrooms of Imperial Vienna to the frozen forests of the Eastern Front; from hardscrabble operating rooms to battlefields thundering with Cossack cavalry, The Winter Soldier is the story of war and medicine, of family, of finding love in the sweeping tides of history, and finally, of the mistakes we make, and the precious opportunities to atone. "The Winter Soldier brims with improbable narrative pleasures...These pages crackle with excitement... A spectacular success." —Anthony Marra, New York Times Book Review