{"product_id":"a-romance-on-three-legs","title":"A romance on three legs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e A romance on three legs (Hardcover, 272 pages – Bloomsbury USA, 2009) – Bloomsbury USA, 2009. Language: Eng.\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 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":"Katie Hafner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53096699298016,"sku":"9781596915251","price":223.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/5681\/6608\/files\/81sXokWnX7L._SY522.jpg?v=1781677976","url":"https:\/\/medicalbook.online\/products\/a-romance-on-three-legs","provider":"medicalbook.online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}