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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Good day Elaine,<BR>
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Intrigue has set in ... I work 2 minutes from the CBC building and at lunch time today, I'm going to stroll over there to see if the sign has been revised. Stay tuned!<BR>
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Karl<BR>
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<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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