A Romance on Three Legs: Glenn Gould's Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Piano

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When Gould was paired with the right composerhe could make you wonder if he was altogether human. And reading Hafner on Gould is sometimes as much fun as listening to him play. And thats saying a lot.Newsweek

Hugely talented and famously eccentric, pianist Glenn Gould fought a running battle with a long list of lessthan- perfect pianos. A Romance on Three Legs is the story of a love that changed Goulds life: his partnership with the Steinway CD 318, a piano whose peculiar action and temperament ushered Gould closer than ever to interpretive perfection. Katie Hafner weaves the compelling tale of Gould, his favorite piano, and the men who worked on it, revealing new details and nuances in the work and mind of one of the twentieth centurys greatest artists.

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