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This is what is promised in pianist magazine laying beside me now. Being that $25 plus tax for a magazine is a bit out of my range at the moment, I will have to be satisfied with a fairly quick perusal of the magazine, with the hope that it will be mine soon.
There certainly is no problem with the quality of the magazine itself. It compares favorably with the most expensive magazines I have ever seen.
First step is a review of the movie “Tuner,” Starring Dustin Hoffman, and Leo would all in the title role. I have not seen this movie yet, so the promise of the author or not to spoil the ending is just fine with me.
Movie promises to be about a piano tuner with a highly attenuated ear. What happens to him apparently, is a bit hard to swallow, but I will go along with it. In the midst of a very successful career tuning grand pianos, Niki Woodall Gets drawn into a ring of criminals he recognize that his highly trained ear makes him perfect as a safe cracker. This almost sounds like the kickoff of a comedy movie. But evidently it is a serious film.
I can say more later, but the article is interesting enough that I am encouraged to see the film.
Next up are the 40 pages of sheet music from beginner level to advanced. Without getting technical, the paper and printing here is absolutely first rate, and it is a good selection of pieces largely by lesser known – but still respected – composers such as Gabrielle Farre, Cecile Chaminade, François Couperin and Fanny Hensel, and even Satie and Mendelssohn.
In short, the magazine is a delight, even if the price decidedly is not. But with Barnes & Noble being owned by a British, this seems to be what we are now expected to pay you read it here first.
