The Seventh Dragon The Riddle of Equal Temperament

Sullivan, Anita T.

ISBN 10: 0943920221 / ISBN 13: 9780943920221

Published by Metamorphous Press, 1986

About this Item

0.47 x 8.5 x 5.59 Inches; 78 pages; Signed by Author; Signed by Author.

Seller Inventory # 1000049338

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Seventh Dragon The Riddle of Equal Temperament
• Publisher: Metamorphous Press
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0943920221
• ISBN 13: 9780943920221
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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Synopsis

Widely praised by major media such as "The New York Times," NPR and "Library Journal," this remarkable book received the Western States Book Award for creative non-fiction in 1986. In this beautiful new UP edition, a veteran piano tuner presents a non-technical, literary view of the quixotic tuning system used on keyboard instruments for hundreds of years. Updated with illustrations, index, bibliography.

About the Author

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.