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In 1886 a shy, middleaged piano tuner named edgar drake receives an unusual commission from the british war office. Michiko kakutani, the new york times in 1886 a shy, middleaged piano tuner named edgar drake. A story of a piano tuner in the late 19th century who is commissioned to go to burma, inexplicably, to tune a particular grand piano that happens to be his speciality. The piano isnt an ordinary grand piano, however, its an exquisite 1840 sebastian. In october 1886, edgar drake receives a strange request from the british war office. They have special tuning, regulation and repair problems which are well covered in this lesson. Never struggle with your tuner being out of battery. Eccentric surgeonmajor anthony carroll has brokered peace with local warlords primarily through music, a. Drake falls in love with a burmese woman and her country, but as the officer wins over locals through music and medicine, things grow treacherous when his troops begin to suspect him of treason.

This original premise helps to create the feeling of a fable, reinforced through masons elegant technique. Get cost estimates, contact pros, and even book the joball for no cost. Werner herzog is heading to burma for his new film, the piano tuner german new waver werner herzog is set to return to fiction filmmaking with a. Its amazingly informative to delve into a book a second time with a completely different focus than the first. Mildmannered piano tuner edgar drake seems like an odd hero to lead us through a story about 19thcentury burma. The centerpiece of daniel masons lovely and graceful debut novel, the piano tuner, published in 2002, is a grand piano that belongs to surgeon major anthony carroll, a strange and perhaps dangerous, officer stationed in a remote village in burma now myanmar. He has composed numerous film soundtracks, including the documentary tv series big ideas for a small planet. A novel by daniel mason when edgar drake is summoned to the british war office and asked to tune an eccentric majors 1840 erard grand piano in the jungles of burma, he is both confused and intrigued. New werner herzog film, the piano tuner time out film. The piano tuner the piano tuner audiobook, by daniel mason. In 1886, british piano tuner edgar drake received a request from the british war office to tune an erard piano for a dr. Jan 18, 2003 in 1886, a piano tuner called edgar drake, living a quiet life in london with his regular work and his subdued, affectionate wife, is summoned by the war office to travel to burma. The journey to burma takes an awfully long time and is peopled with highly unlikely characters including several decidedly eccentric british army officers.

Pano tuner listens to the sound you make and shows you the pitch. Letters, military documents, official reports, stories told on a ship or a train or the back of a horse or in a bamboo. The piano tuner by daniel mason is set in 1880s england and burma myanmar. The war office hires the services of a piano tuner for 3 months, for a years pay. Anthony carol who was using unorthodox methods to bring about a peace treaty between the shan people and the limbin confederacy during the british colonial occupation of burma. Mar 12, 2020 an extraordinary first novel that tells the story of a british piano tuner sent deep into burma in the nineteenth century. Piano tuner by daniel mason on a misty london afternoon in 1886, piano tuner edgar drake receives a strange request from the war office. I thought the writing and vocabulary were exceptional however, and would read this author again. The piano tuner is a book that is rich in details about burma, piano tuning, and british colonialism, as well as other devices to entice a reader. Forsters a passage to india, joseph conrads heart of darkness, or george orwells shooting an elephant. Eventually he reaches mae lwin in burma and fixes the piano. The piano tuner is the the story of edgar drake, a london piano i have read it at least 3 times, and each time i am completely drawn in to the world of edgar drake, and 19th century colonial burma. In the fall of 1886, piano tuner edgar drake receives a strange request from the british war office.

Jan 11, 2003 the piano tuner by daniel mason picador. The piano tuner s offerings of engaging history, drama and largescale thematic rumination seem even more impressive when one considers that mason is only 26, and that he wrote the novel while a fulltime medical student. Twentysixyearold mason has penned a satisfying, if at times rather slow, debut historical novel. In the fleeting seconds of final memory, the image that will become burma is the sun and a womans parasol. In 2008 he began composing in a more formal fashion and has had numerous compositions performed at the new england conservatory, many featuring prepared piano. Not all piano tuners offer these kinds of spiff job services.

The piano tuner is a historical novel by daniel mason, set in british india and burma. Live, online interactive training in the piano industry from the best of the best. Frequent, detailed history lessons are interspersed in the narrative to make this violent legacy clear. Now this time for seeing how the story enhances the setting.

On a misty london afternoon in 1886, piano tuner edgar drake receives a strange request from the war office. Jan 17, 2003 on a misty london afternoon in 1886, piano tuner edgar drake receives a strange request from the war office. Transformation comes in the form of a summons to a remote outpost in burma. Edgar drake, a piano tuner living in victorian london, is commissioned by the army to travel to burma to fix the piano of surgeonmajor carroll. Edgar drake lives a quiet life in late 19thcentury london as a tuner of rare pianos. For the piano tuner, hes become engrossed in the complex and bloody powerstruggles of burma in the 1880s, when the british were consolidating their empire. I highly recommend bay area piano tuning to anyone. One of the stars on the fischer and fielding circuit was cowboy danny protrero a singing cowboy. The old square grand piano, while not too common, still exists and may be encountered at any time. Whats the story edgar drake is sent to wartorn burma in the 1800s to repair an eccentric military mans piano. In mildmannered london, 188687, piano tuner edgar drake is persuaded by the british war office to travel to mandalay and beyond, during the third of a succession of angloburmese wars, to fulfill a strange request from an army surgeonmajor serving in burma. In briefing edgar drake about anthony carroll, colonel killian tells him, there are men who get lost in the rhetoric of our imperial destiny, that we conquer not to gain land and wealth but to spread culture and civilization p.

The piano tuner by daniel mason 2003, paperback for sale. A parable about the dangers of enchantment, the strangers story parallels drakes own experience, even as it flaunts the mesmerizing power of masons novel. Cree fischer who wrote this fine book on piano tuning was the wife of francis armbrooster fischer, coowner of fischer and fieldings vaudeville company. Senior officer in burma a military surgeon named carroll requires a piano and is granted an erard. Online piano tuning and repair training course american. Tuner tech services also with miconi music of north attleboro ma, bella music of norton ma. Our protagonist, a shy london piano tuner named edgar drake unexpectedly receives a war office request to travel many hundreds of miles in order to tune a rare piano. The piano tuner is an enticing book, telling the story of edgar drake, the piano tuner of the title, who travels from london to burma in 1886 to tune the grand piano of a british surgeon major stationed in the shan states. I am a certified piano tuner with 37 years of experience.

Fine piano tuning requires an assessment of the vibration interaction among notes, which is different for every piano, thus in. The story was good, but towards the end of the book it took a bit of a weird turn, and the ending was not very satisfying. It immerses the reader in a distant world with startling immediacy and ardor. Edgar drake, a specialist in pianos made by the firm of sebastien erard, is counted among the finest of londons piano tuners. The meaning of the term in tune, in the context of piano tuning, is not simply a particular fixed set of pitches. Aug 19, 2003 in 1886 a shy, middleaged piano tuner named edgar drake receives an unusual commission from the british war office. During the burma years, miller worked as a freelance piano tuner. Daniel mason, a 26yearold american, began writing this, his first novel, while studying malaria as a medical student on the thaimyanmar. The piano belongs to surgeonmajor anthony carroll, an enigmatic british officer, whose success at making peace in the wartorn shan. Note the free version of this app is primarily for evaluation, and it only allows you to tune notes on the piano between c3 and c5. Save vintage piano tuning tools to get email alerts and updates on your ebay feed. The piano belongs to the eccentric surgeonmajor anthony carroll, whose unorthodox peacekeeping methods have brought a tentative quiet to the. Piano tuning is the act of adjusting the tension of the strings of an acoustic piano so that the musical intervals between strings are in tune. It was first published in 2002 when mason was 26 and was his first novel.

Gress piano service did an amazing job repairing several keys and tuning our vintage piano. The year is 1886, and the british empire is attempting to tighten its control of its colonies in the far east. The piano tuner at lifeline theatre this blog will contain research and links for lifeline theatres adaptation of daniel masons book the piano tuner. With this promising debut, mason now joins the ranks of jonathan safran foer and nick mcdonnell in the under30 set of. At the center of daniel masons remarkable debut novel is a strange and haunting image. In 1886, a piano tuner called edgar drake, living a quiet life in london with his regular work and his subdued, affectionate wife, is summoned by the war office to travel to burma.

The piano tuner is a novel of journeys and the shifting grounds of perception, but at heart it is a story of the human urge to be absorbed fully into life, to cease to be a bystander, to be thrust into the essential dreamscape of human strivings. Michiko kakutani, the new york times in 1886 a shy, middleaged piano tuner named edgar drake receives an unusual commission from. The piano tuner book whatcom county library system. Diy tune your piano like a pro with simple app ios android. This book taught me things about burma and piano tuning, but is not really a page turner. The british empire was a machine that had no concern for the lives of individuals. The piano tuner book charlotte mecklenburg library. The piano tuner daniel mason, 2002 knopf doubleday 336 pp. An extraordinary first novel that tells the story of a british piano tuner sent deep into burma in the nineteenth century. Daniel masons debut novel, the piano tuner, is the mesmerizing story of edgar drake, commissioned by the british war office in 1886 to travel to hostile burma to repair a rare erard grand piano vital to the crowns strategic interests. This detailed literature summary also contains topics for discussion on the piano tuner by daniel mason. A piano tuner who has never left england is commissioned to travel over land and sea to the back of beyond in burma to tune a piano owned by a charismatic egocentric military doctor. The piano tuner was the basis for a 2004 opera of the same name composed by nigel osborne to a libretto by amanda holden and is also due to be released as a film in 2018, directed by charlie stratton.

When the book opens, in october 1886, he is 41 years old, a tall, thin man with thick graying hair that hung loosely above a pair of wirerim glasses a man, we are told. The piano tuner participates in a tradition of literary works that try to fathom colonized cultures vastly different from the authors own. Edgar sets off on the long journey and encounters many different cultures on the way. Dirks piano tuner analyzes your instrument and uses the results to calculate the optimal tuning for your piano in particular. Everything you need to know about the piano tuner movie. He has wondered which visions would remainthe salweens coursing coffee flow after a storm, the predawn palisades of fishing nets, the glow of ground turmeric, the weep of jungle vines.

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