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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Thanks for that Elaine. I was going to add that GG's pianos are transported around a bit for special occasions while the maple leaf chair remains in its plexiglass box in the museum... perhaps it's easier to find the chait for that reason. I don't know.<br><br><span style="font-size: medium"><span style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman">"Among
design quirks that Chickering pianos had were smaller thickness hammer
shanks to decrease the woody sound of the hammer striking the string.<span> </span>Chickerings’ dampers ran about 6 notes higher than everyone else.<span> </span>In
the early part of the century they used several weird designs like the
Quarter Grand which had pin blocks in 4 sections and bolted from
underneath rather than screwed on form the top of the plate. These
design are conversation pieces for the piano tuners of today.<span> </span>Fortunately,
because the pianos live a long time there will be older Chickerings to
tune so that they may bring praise the House of Chickering.</span></span> <span style="font-size: medium"> <font style="font-size: 16pt;" face="Garamond" size="4">Baldwin now owns the Chickering name and currently (2008) has ceased production of all Chickering named pianos."</font></span></span><br><br><font style="font-size: 12pt;" face="Tahoma" size="3"><font style="">My </font></font>favourite interview in "Genius Within" was that of "Faun", or "Fawn". I thought she was utterly brilliant. <br><br>Mary<br><br><br><div>> Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 17:32:03 -0800<br>> From: elaine19c@yahoo.ca<br>> To: f_minor@glenngould.org<br>> Subject: Re: [f_minor] CD318 and the Chickering<br>> <br>> Hi again guys,<br>> <br>> Oh dear, perhaps I made it sound worse than it was; the piano IS on a raised platform<br>> and there is a display on the wall beside it talking about GG and the piano<br>> and it is more or less protected by the cord barrier (thank goodness!) but I'd<br>> gone in expecting EVERYONE inside to have knowledge of this cherished instrument<br>> and its location within the building. It took me much wandering about asking folks<br>> where it was until one person headed me in the right direction! It is a rather confusing<br>> building with various levels connected by spiralling staircases. Needless to say,<br>> I got a workout that evening! (But not too much for an f_minorite...)<br>> <br>> The lovely old Chickering is of course at the CBC building downtown in the lobby<br>> of the GG Studio. There's a sign saying please don't touch it or rest your drinks<br>> on it but it also says this is GG's "childhood piano" which is certainly wrong as he<br>> "met" it through his girlfriend when he was in his late teens. I emailed them down<br>> there saying the wording on the sign was misleading but I don't think it has been changed.<br>> <br>> Oh well!!!<br>> <br>> I took a pic of it, if anyone wants to see the Chickering. (What a marvellous name,<br>> by the way, don't you think?)<br>> <br>> Elaine<br>> <br>> <br>> --------------------------------------------<br>> On Sat, 1/18/14, maryellen jensen <maryellenjensen28@hotmail.com> wrote:<br>> <br>> Subject: Re: [f_minor] les chaises (the chairs)<br>> To: "f_minor@glenngould.org" <f_minor@glenngould.org><br>> Received: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 8:35 PM<br>> <br>> <br>> The Chair has<br>> become more important than the piano: that's<br>> hagiography.<br>> <br>> Mary<br>> <br>> <br>> From: pzumst@bluewin.ch<br>> To: f_minor@glenngould.org<br>> Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 21:24:23 +0100<br>> Subject: Re: [f_minor] les chaises (the<br>> chairs)<br>> <br>> <br>> Er. ‘ang on there for a minit. 2012 was Annus<br>> Mirabilis with golden <br>> throats and lots of blahblah and while Elaine Parks tried to<br>> find The Chair in <br>> Ottawa it was basically hidden from view and she had to ask<br>> a worker where she <br>> could find it ? Eh, Canada, is that how you treat your<br>> National Treasures ? Ye <br>> Gods, how appauling....<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> From: maryellen<br>> jensen <br>> Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2014 9:13 PM<br>> To: f_minor@glenngould.org<br>> <br>> Subject: Re: [f_minor] les chaises (the<br>> chairs)<br>> <br>> <br>> Happy New Year Elaine<br>> <br>> The little wooden chair with the maple <br>> leaf on its back has certainly become "The Chair"<br>> but as is now known there were <br>> others. Why people are so willing to become<br>> 'believers' in mythology or as some <br>> would say "hagiography" is beyond my ken.<br>> <br>> Showing my age here but yes <br>> indeed the leaf back chair is certainly one of a quartet -<br>> including a <br>> table - of a "bridge set"; showing my age here<br>> because I bought a fabulous <br>> "bridge set" second hand (for a few dollars) on<br>> the Upper West Side NYC way back <br>> in 1984, the colour scheme was green and black and the table<br>> too. Unbelievable <br>> as it might seem, I had to transport the entire set on the<br>> subway to where I was <br>> living. Ah but one had so much energy... I miss being able<br>> to find such <br>> things now. <br>> <br>> Dismaying to<br>> read of your experience in Ottawa. <br>> Eeek.<br>> <br>> Cheers (or<br>> chairs),<br>> Mary<br>> <br>> <br>> Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 <br>> 17:27:10 -0800<br>> <br>> > From: elaine19c@yahoo.ca<br>> > To:<br>> f_minor@glenngould.org<br>> > <br>> Subject: Re: [f_minor] les chaises (the chairs)<br>> > <br>> > Hi <br>> everyone,<br>> > <br>> > I read<br>> somewhere or it was in one of the docs that <br>> the chairs were typical bridge set chairs<br>> > which means they were probably <br>> bought in a set of four. If Lorne has or had one, that would<br>> leave<br>> > 2 <br>> others out there somewhere, if not trashed at some point!!!<br>> Wouldn't it be fun <br>> to find them in a <br>> > second-hand shop??!!<br>> (I always keep an eye out for <br>> them here in Ontario!!!)<br>> > <br>> > I visited CD318 in Ottawa last year, <br>> cordoned off in a corner of the National Arts Centre,<br>> looking<br>> > a bit sad. <br>> It took me a half hour to find it, only one worker knew what<br>> I was talking <br>> about.<br>> > <br>> > Cheers,<br>> (or 'chairs")<br>> > <br>> > Elaine<br>> > <br>> --------------------------------------------<br>> > On Fri, 1/17/14, maryellen <br>> jensen <maryellenjensen28@hotmail.com> wrote:<br>> > <br>> > Subject: <br>> Re: [f_minor] les chaises (the chairs)<br>> ><br>> To: "f_minor@glenngould.org" <br>> <f_minor@glenngould.org><br>> ><br>> Received: Friday, January 17, 2014, 9:30 <br>> PM<br>> <br>> > The two chairs<br>> ><br>> "constructed" by 'Bert', GG's<br>> father,<br>> > <br>> were not built by Bert - they were adapted for Glenn<br>> > Gould's needs. Bert <br>> Gould didn't invent the chairs -<br>> > he<br>> adapted already existing chairs for <br>> his son. <br>> > <br>> > The<br>> other 'aluminum'<br>> > chair which<br>> was made <br>> specifically for Glenn Gould was<br>> ><br>> ordered by Walter Homburger for Glenn <br>> Gould. The reason why<br>> > was breakage of<br>> the wooden chair and the weight of <br>> the<br>> > wooden chair on airline trips. All<br>> that was when Glenn Gould<br>> > <br>> was touring - which of course he quit doing in the early<br>> > <br>> 1960's...<br>> > <br>> ><br>> Mary <br>> > <br>> > From: <br>> kjb@sympatico.ca<br>> > To:<br>> f_minor@glenngould.org<br>> > Date: Thu, 16<br>> <br>> ><br>> To <br>> the best of my knowledge, his father had<br>> > made only 2.<br>> > <br>> <br>> > <br>> > Why 2 though, one as a spare?<br>> > <br>> <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > When someone constructs something like<br>> that out <br>> of wood, you<br>> > do not usually construct a<br>> spare (as a just in <br>> case).<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > I'm relatively<br>> certain that the <br>> chair being only 14<br>> > inches off the<br>> floor, was not made for anyone other <br>> than<br>> > Glenn!<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > Regards,<br>> > <br>> <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > Karl<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> <br>> > From: pzumst@bluewin.ch<br>> > To:<br>> > <br>> f_minor@glenngould.org<br>> > Date: Thu, 16<br>> Jan<br>> > 2014 18:55:55 <br>> +0100<br>> > Subject: Re: [f_minor]<br>> > 109<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > Speaking of chairs,<br>> is it true or false that <br>> his dad<br>> > made more than one ? I seem to<br>> have read that<br>> > <br>> somewhere...there seems to be a lot of urban myth and<br>> > hagiography around <br>> that chair....<br>> > <br>> ><br>> <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > From: <br>> maryellen<br>> > jensen <br>> ><br>> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 6:45 <br>> PM<br>> > To: f h ; f_minor@glenngould.org<br>> > <br>> > Subject: Re: <br>> [f_minor] 109<br>> > <br>> ><br>> <br>> > "and did you notice that he <br>> put<br>> > something on the chair? I'd<br>> never seen that<br>> > <br>> before."<br>> > <br>> ><br>> Haha Fred,<br>> > that's the stuffing of<br>> the chair <br>> tumbling out and when<br>> > all that stuffing<br>> was finally gone GG sat on just <br>> the T-bar<br>> > of the chair... not so great<br>> for his coccyx.<br>> > <br>> > <br>> Mary <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 <br>> 07:01:56 -0800<br>> > From:<br>> > boyboy_8@yahoo.com<br>> ><br>> To:<br>> <br>> > <br>> > Sounds like it was<br>> done in mono. <br>> Too bad we<br>> > can't hear this done by<br>> him in stereo, or did he do <br>> one<br>> > in that form? The technique is of<br>> course amazing. I <br>> like<br>> > the way his body swirled around in<br>> circles and did you<br>> > <br>> notice that he put something on the chair? I'd<br>> never<br>> > seen that <br>> before. <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > On <br>> Saturday,<br>> > January 11, 2014 3:50:25 PM,<br>> michael macelletti<br>> > <br>> <mmacelletti@sbcglobal.net> wrote:<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> <br>> > <br>> > just listened to<br>> gould's beethoven sonata no. 30 on<br>> > <br>> vol 4 , so you want to write a fugue, of the old vhs<br>> glenn<br>> > gould <br>> complete 16 vol collection. ( still out of print<br>> > ???) <br>> absolutely hair-raising type of exciting. those<br>> > sixths in the <br>> variations, wow !! sure wish someone could<br>> > find that <br>> performance somewhere on the net so everyone could<br>> > give it a <br>> listen. i simply have no idea how to do it.<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > -----Inline Attachment <br>> Follows-----<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> -----Inline Attachment Follows-----<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br></div> </div></body>
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