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When Anita Sullivan started a second career as a piano tuner decades ago, she was immediately puzzled by the piano’s complicated tuning system. Surprised to learn that her new profession was not only technically complex, but in fact required artistic judgments, she set herself to describing the tuning system in a way that would make sense to ordinary listeners, rather than piano technicians alone. This exceptional book is the result. Sullivan lives in Oregon, where recently she has turned her attention to early pianos, the tuning of historical temperaments, and the music that goes with them. Please visit http://www.seventhdragon.com for more information.
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The Seventh Dragon: The Riddle of Equal Temperament
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Metamorphous Press, Lake Oswego, Oregon, 1985
ISBN 10: 0943920221
ISBN 13: 9780943920221
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Seller: Don's Book Store, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
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Hard Back. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Bienvenu, Sarah (illustrator). 103 Pages. Spine foot has two very small spots of wear. Black cloth withsilver spine lettering and decoration. Dust jacket has some edge wear shelf scuffs and small chipping. Dramatis Personae: The SeventhDragon referred to as he, The Tuner referred to as she, and The PJiano referred to as it. Ostensibly a book about piano tuning.but in an effort understand the unfamiliar concepts of how a piano gets tuned, the reader inevitably examines the deepeer riddles of life. Despite it all, we continue to think we are hearing something beautiful, and so we are. Our ears, our hearts, forgive. Music could even be defined by what we happen to be forgiving at a particular time in history. Winner of the 1986 Western States Book Award for Creative Non0Fiction. In Japanese folklore the Seventh Dragon is the listener and remains invisible to us. As if to suggest the the riddles of life are also invisible. Therin lies the challenge of the SeventhDragon -- to reconcile the riddles of invisible meanding -- to resolve or accept the riddle of equal temperament in life as well as in the tuning of the piano. If you though you would never want to know how a piano is tuned you may change your mind after reading this book. Contents: First Interval, Second Interval Tuner's Monologue, Diveertimento on the Piano Keyboard, Third Interval Tuner's Monologue, fourth Interval Tuner's Monologue, Divertimento on Numbers, Fifth Interval Tuner's Monologue, Sixth Interval Tuner's Monologue, Seveneth Interval Tuner's Monologue, Eight Interval Tuner's Monologue, Ninth Interval, and Postlude. Appendix A ATemperament Salad and Appendix B Table of Pure Intervals. Also includes Suggested Reading. Seller Inventory # 9338
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THE SEVENTH DRAGON: The Riddle of Equal Temperament
Published by
Metamorphous Pr, Lake Oswego, Oregon, 1986
ISBN 10: 0943920221
ISBN 13: 9780943920221
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. BIENVENU, Sarah (illustrator). Presume First Edition. Black cloth binding with silver print on spine. Has been read but still tight, sound and except Author's signature, unmarked. Winner of the Western States Book Award for Creative Non-Fiction. 104 pages including two Appendixes and a bibliography. . Appendix A is discussion of temperament/salad. Appendix B is discussion of Musical Intervals. Dust jacket in mylar. Small closed tear on rear cover near spine. Light shelfwear. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 016855
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The Seventh Dragon
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Hard Cover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Small tear back cover and front cover, scuffed cover. A veteran piano tuner presents a non-technical, literary view of the quixotic tuning system used on keyboard instruments for hundreds of years. Winner of the Western States Book Award for creative non-fiction in 1986, newly updated with illustrations, index, bibliography. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 001604
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THE SEVENTH DRAGON The Riddle of Equal Temperament
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Metamorphous Press, Lake Oswego, 1985
ISBN 10: 0943920221
ISBN 13: 9780943920221
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Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Book condition is Very Good; with a Very Good dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked. ; 8.50 X 5.59 X 0.47 inches; 104 pages. Seller Inventory # 6815
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