[silence] {Disarmed} Re: Rép : prepared piano

[Joseph Zitt]

One useful resource in hunting down books (especially those that
appear only available at exorbitant prices) is worldcat.org, a free
tool that aggregates and searches the catalogs of libraries worldwide.

I'm guessing from your email address that you are in France. While
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/753397&tab=holdings?loc=france#tabs
doesn't show any copies in libraries in that country, it does appear
that libraries in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom have copies.
(Hmm... I see that there are several in libraries near Cleveland,
Ohio, where I now live. I'm tempted to take a look myself through our
excellent library system.)

Perhaps one of the keen librarians on the list might know more about
the possibility of your local library borrowing one of them via their
equivalent of Inter-Library Loan.

On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 6:17 AM, Nicolas MOREAU <moreau_nicolas@yahoo.fr> wrote:
> Hi !
> Wow 495$ for the Richard Bunger's book !!!
> I can't afford it :-)) But i'll try to find one...
> For the upright piano i've already tried to put some pen, papers or screws
> inside and it works, the gravity is not on my side but i 'll find a way to
> do some stuff with this piano. My pianist can't buy a grand piano :-))
> I don't want to play John Cage's music but want to put some new sounds into
> my music, that's it.
> Nicolas
>
> Le 28 nov. 08 à 11:37, David Badagnani a écrit :
>
> Dear Nicolas,
>
> You will also want to find the book "The Well-Prepared Piano" by Richard
> Bunger (originally published in 1973).
>
> http://www.richardbevans.com/wellpreparedpiano.html#WWPanchor
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Well-Prepared-Piano-Richard-Bunger/dp/0940612011
>
> As you can see, it's out of print, and the second edition (published in 1981
> or 1982) is currently selling for US$495.00, so if you're serious about
> learning how to prepare a piano you'll probably want to find a library copy,
> or find a piano professor or other professional pianist known for new music
> in your area who may own a personal copy.  Just keep asking around and
> you'll eventually find the right people.
>
> You can listen to a very interesting interview with Richard Bunger here, in
> which he demonstrates in some detail how to prepare a piano:
>
> http://www.archive.org/details/AM_1973_05_17
>
> Seriously, though, the upright piano ("piano droit") is just not going to
> work for the Cage pieces.  The design of the instrument, and gravity, are
> not on your side.  ;-)
>
> --
> David Badagnani
> Kent, Ohio
> USA
>
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