In a failed quote search, I rediscovered Charles Rosen's Piano Notes: The World of the Pianist, a remarkable book from someone who has spent his life with the 9 foot beast. Many comments are useful to the piano technician, including the suggestion to lube the front keypins when the pianist is going to perform a piece that has difficult glissandi. His discussion of the expressive use of equal temperament is appropriate to many of our discussions. ES ----- Original Message ----- From: Horace Greeley To: Ed Sutton ; caut at ptg.org Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 3:51 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Schnabel Hi, Ed, At 12:45 PM 8/10/2010, you wrote: See Schnabel's _Music and the Line of Most Resistance_, pp59-76. I'm not able to find a consise quotation, or simplify his thoughts without fear of distorting them. Is there a chance that this is on line someplace? It's not in public domain yet (1942), so chances are slim...just hoping. Thanks very much. Best. Horace Ed S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurence Libin" <lelibin at optonline.net> To: <caut at ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 11:49 AM Subject: [CAUT] Schnabel Fred, what did Schnabel mean by this? Laurence "I am only interested in music that is better than it can be played." Schnabel -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100811/19fa3171/attachment.htm>
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