Review (PDF) The Seventh Dragon: The Riddle Of Equal Temperament
"This work of high originality rekindles our sense of life's rich mystery."- Library Journal"...this book should bear a subtitle like 'Zen and the Art of Piano Tuning,' because...tuning a string to a pitch is more than just tightening a corset. It is a metaphysical act."- The New York Times"...the subject has an intrinsic fascination that Sullivan brings out nicely."- Publishers WeeklyA veteran piano tuner presents a literary, minimally technical view of the quixotic tuning systems used on keyboard instruments for hundreds of years. The work explains temperament strategies accessibly and reflects on the technical process of piano tuning in both practical and philosophical terms.The first edition received the Western States Book Award for creative nonfiction in 1986 and garnered praise from National Public Radio, The New York Times, and other media. This updated, beautifully redesigned edition from Unlimited Publishing LLC includes new material, illustrations and bibliography.
File Size: 1568 KB
Print Length: 118 pages
Publisher: Unlimited Publishing LLC (July 15, 2005)
Publication Date: July 15, 2005
Sold by: Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B0068TMXU2
Text-to-Speech: Enabled
X-Ray: Not Enabled
Word Wise: Enabled
Lending: Not Enabled
Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
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I honestly have not completed reading this book, but less than halfway through it I think it's really made an impact on me. It's a really great run-down of what tuning a piano really is, written in terms that non-tuners and non-pianists can actually understand. However, from a tuner's standpoint, it really inspires one to step back and take pause and appreciate one's own profession and craft for once. It is so easy to get into a rut and take for granted what exactly you are doing when you are tuning pianos every day. And that rut can lead to burnout, and sloppy work. Anita Sullivan's words shine a different light on things, and inspire tuners to feel out the art of their craft again.Supposedly, the book also serves as sort of a philosophical metaphor for life in general as well, but frankly I am still reading "on the surface" as it were.Good Stuff!
The Seventh Dragon is one of the special category of books that draws you deeply into a world that most people happily never know about. It then exposes you to fascinations of science, history and art.The process of tuning a piano is revealed as an application of delicate strength and obsessive sensitivity. Along the way, the complicated evolution of the modern piano is explained in intriguing detail.The writing is direct and clear, the explanations are lucid and fulfilling, and the writers affection for the subject is obvious and hard to resist.
a gorgeous, poetically rich and informative trip through sound and intervals! one of my current faves.
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