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David Andersen bigda@gte.net
Fri, 3 Jan 2003 22:06:15 -0700


>Just finished reading ""The Piano Tuner" by Daniel Mason.  About a piano 
>tuner who is commissioned to go to Burma to tune an Erard piano in the 
>1870's.   Interesting read, but not much piano knowledge there.  Credit is 
>given at the end of the book to William Braid White's Piano Tuning and 
>Allied Arts for technical info. Don't want to spoil it for anyone, but 
>watch out for the surprise ending.
>
>Chris Gregg.

Hey Chris-----I just read this book as well (X-mas present); I really 
liked it, and on a subtler level, it showed a lot, I thought, about the 
mindset of an artist/craftsman.  I recommend it without reservation.
David Andersen 

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