Two Piano Tuners

[Charles E Faulk]

Clyde,

Can't say I've heard of the pianists mentioned below, but the dedicatee,
Walter Hupfer, was Franz Mohr's predecessor at Steinway.

Charles Faulk

On Fri, 01 Dec 2000 16:06:41 -0500 Clyde Hollinger <cedel@supernet.com>
writes:
> Friends,
> 
> At a book sale my daughter picked up a kid's storybook titled "Two 
> Piano
> Tuners" by M. B. Goffstein, published in 1970.  I will readily admit
> that I am not very knowledgeable when it comes to pianists, or piano
> technicians of that era, and I was wondering if the names the author
> chose for her characters were take-offs of anyone who really 
> existed.
> 
> Does anyone know of any of these real or imaginary characters?  The
> dedication is "To my husband and our memory of Walter Hupfer."  The
> piano tuner is Reuben Weinstock (the best piano tuner in the world), 
> the
> pianists mentioned are Isaac Lipman and Walter Bernheimer, and a 
> client
> down the street is Mrs. Perlman.
> 
> I must say, the author really understood piano tuning, did a lot of
> research, or had a real tuner look over her manuscript.  She was 
> really
> on target.
> 
> Regards,
> Clyde
> 
> 

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