“An intense, shimmering dream of a story.” – Grand Rapids Press “A smart, entertaining adventure.” – Christian Science Monitor should be intrigued by the mix of historical detail, lush settings, and equally lush language.” – San Jose Mercury News “Daniel Mason’s ambitious, lyrical The Piano Tuner. Its author is rich in talent and promise.” – Philadelphia Inquirer artfully weaves psychology, politics, medicine and music theory into a polyphonic composition. a gifted writer.” – San Francisco Chronicle “ The Piano Tuner is a haunting, passionate story of empire and individualism. astonishing.” – The New York Times Book Review powerful prose style and his ability to embrace history, politics, nature and medicine. “Mason’s writing achieves that kind of reverie in which every vision, tone, flavor and sensation is magnified.” – LA Times “Reminded me of books I read by flashlight, under the covers, when I was young.” – USA Today The Piano Tuner is a brilliant debut.” – Miami Herald A profound adventure story.” – The New Yorker
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“Intoxicating, full of sights to see, histories to learn, stories to entertain.” - USA Today Mason’s writing achieves that kind of reverie in which every vision, tone, flavor and sensation is magnified.” - Los Angeles Times a gifted, original and courageous writer.” - The Washington Post Book World “An ambitious, adventuresome, highly unusual first novel that offers pleasures too rarely encountered in contemporary American literary fiction. Riveting.” -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times It immerses the reader in a distant world with startling immediacy and ardor. Sensuous, lyrical, rich with passion and adventure, this is a hypnotic tale of myth, romance, and self-discovery: an unforgettable novel. And at the doctor’s fort on a remote Burmese river, Edgar encounters a world more mysterious and dangerous than he ever could have imagined. On his journey through Europe, the Red Sea, India, and into Burma, Edgar meets soldiers, mystics, bandits, and tale-spinners, as well as an enchanting woman as elusive as the surgeon-major. The piano belongs to an army surgeon-major whose unorthodox peacemaking methods-poetry, medicine, and now music-have brought a tentative quiet to the southern Shan States but have elicited questions from his superiors. In October 1886, Edgar Drake receives a strange request from the British War Office: he must leave his wife and his quiet life in London to travel to the jungles of Burma, where a rare Erard grand piano is in need of repair. Check our main feature, our Piano Tuning Tutorial.An extraordinary first novel that tells the story of a British piano tuner sent deep into Burma in the nineteenth century. Thanks for visiting our piano tuning blog. Props to artist Glaser to bring a little glory to piano tuners! The piano also has its own page at the Sing for Hope site. For the source of these photos and a follow-up article on the project, visit Pop-Up Pianos Come to Bed-Stuy (Article accessed July 2, 2011). Update July 2, 2011: The event has taken place, and pics of the completed piano are available. Patella, but he must be quite accomplished to be so honored. (A trompe l'oeil is a very realistic style that seeks to appear three dimensional.) I afraid I don't know anything about Mr. Scott Glaser, an artist in Westport, Connecticut, is painting a trompe l'oeil of a piano tuner, Fred Patella, in action tuning the piano. The pianos will eventually be auctioned to raise funds for the Sing for Hope charity. Yet, here we have not just a painting of a piano tuner, but a painting of a piano tuner painted ON the piano! More photos after the break.Ī fundraiser called " Sing for Hope Pop-Up Pianos" has selected 88 artists to create works on 88 actual pianos being installed on the streets of New York City for a few weeks in the summer of 2011. Despite their importance, these artisans remain behind the scenes while the piano players and composers get all the glory. I am not aware of very many, if any, paintings or other art of piano tuners.
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