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If You Like the Piano, You're Going to Love This Book!
I've been involved in the piano business for over 35 years, and I own a popular piano web site. By now I thought I'd pretty much heard and seen it all. But when I got this book I literally couldn't put it down.We can all be thankful that Perri's background as a reporter, author, and pianist came together when her "obsession" to find the perfect piano with the perfect sound drove her to write this extraordinary book based on her experiences.Her adventures reach far beyond the scope of the average piano buyer. In fact, she goes places even those of us "in the business" have never been. Luckily for all of us, she takes us along for the ride.From the Pacific Northwest to Piano Row in New York, from basement workshops to the Alps of Austria, Perri follows wherever her questions lead her. The more riddles she solves, the more new questions pop into her head, and off she goes again to chase down the answers.Along the way she meets some of the...
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December 26, 2007
(Largo, FL United States) | Helpful Votes: 53 | Rating: 5
Music and Words
Perri Knize finds the perfect words to describe her obsession for the sound and beauty of her exquisite piano, a Grotian grand she names Marlene. But more significantly, she explores--in eloquent language that borders on poetic-- her mid-life journey to recapture a lost part of her youth."At midlife we're called by the inexplicable. What is it that calls to us?"Grand Obsession will appeal to pianists and non-musicians alike. It taps into the very human urge so many of us have--the urge to go back, to get it right, to find a way to express ourselves.Robin Meloy Goldsby is the author of
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March 17, 2008
(Cologne, Germany) | Helpful Votes: 20 | Rating: 5
A Superbly Engrossing and Deeply Moving Book
I am profoundly touched by Perri Knize's beautifully written and intensely personal book that simultaneously functions as a riveting detective story, heroic quest, and treatise on the blessings and curses of having an exquisite artistic sensibility."Grand Obsession" resonates personally in a number of ways. I grew up on the family Steinway, studying classical piano through grade school, gravitating into jazz in high school, and going on to have an active recording and international touring career for the past 45 years. So I have been chronically immersed in the vicissitudes of pianos, piano manufacturers, technicians, recording studios, and the demands of touring. I'm always hoping the next venue will have an instrument with the magical combination of sound and feel I seek, but so often have to settle for far less, at times having to perform emergency surgery. The handful of encounters with perfection is unforgettable, and Perri's obsession to recapture the treasured...
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April 28, 2008
(San Francisco) | Helpful Votes: 16 | Rating: 5
Product Description
Now available in paperback, the critically acclaimed, “lyrical, analytical, yet deeply affecting” (The Washington Post) memoir about one woman’s obsessive search for the perfect piano— and about finding and pursu- ing passion at any age.
The daughter of a pro- fessional musician, Perri Knize was raised in a home saturated in classical music, but it wasn’t until adult- hood that she returned to the one instrument that mesmer- ized her most: the piano. When, in her forties, Perri decides to buy a piano of her own, she begins by searching for a modestly priced upright, but falls madly, illogically, in love with a rare German grand she discovers in a New York showroom. After a long dalliance, Knize refinances her house to purchase her piano and has the instru- ment shipped to Montana. But when it arrives, the magical sound that enthralled her is gone, and the tone is dead and dull. One piano tuner after another arrives to fix it, but no one can.
Knize sets out on an epic journey to restore the instru- ment to its rightful sound and to understand its elusive power. This quest leads her into an international subculture of piano aficionados, all intrigu- ing and eccentric characters— concert artists, dealers, tech- nicians, composers, designers, and builders—whose lives have been transformed by the spell of a piano. She even hikes into the Austrian Alps to learn how the special trees used to build her piano are grown and harvested.
Beautifully composed, passionately told, Grand Obsession is itself a musical masterpiece— and will resonate with anyone who has ever expe- rienced deeply passionate desire. Top to learn more
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