[f_minor] les chaises (the chairs)

[Elaine Parks]

Hi everyone,

I read somewhere or it was in one of the docs that the chairs were typical bridge set chairs
which means they were probably bought in a set of four. If Lorne has or had one, that would leave
2 others out there somewhere, if not trashed at some point!!! Wouldn't it be fun to find them in a 
second-hand shop??!! (I always keep an eye out for them here in Ontario!!!)

I visited CD318 in Ottawa last year, cordoned off in a corner of the National Arts Centre, looking
a bit sad. It took me a half hour to find it, only one worker knew what I was talking about.

Cheers, (or 'chairs")

Elaine
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On Fri, 1/17/14, maryellen jensen <maryellenjensen28 at hotmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [f_minor] les chaises (the chairs)
 To: "f_minor at glenngould.org" <f_minor at glenngould.org>
 Received: Friday, January 17, 2014, 9:30 PM
 
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 #yiv0174196276 Karl,
 
 The two chairs
 "constructed" by 'Bert', GG's father,
 were not built by Bert - they were adapted for Glenn
 Gould's needs. Bert Gould didn't invent the chairs -
 he adapted already existing chairs for his son. 
 
 The other 'aluminum'
 chair which was made specifically for Glenn Gould was
 ordered by Walter Homburger for Glenn Gould. The reason why
 was breakage of the wooden chair and the weight of the
 wooden chair on airline trips. All that was when Glenn Gould
 was touring - which of course he quit doing in the early
 1960's...
 
 Mary   
 
 From: kjb at sympatico.ca
 To: f_minor at glenngould.org
 Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 13:05:33 -0500
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 To the best of my knowledge, his father had
 made only 2.
 
  
 
 Why 2 though, one as a spare?
 
  
 
 When someone constructs something like that out of wood, you
 do not usually construct a spare (as a just in case).
 
  
 
 I'm relatively certain that the chair being only 14
 inches off the floor, was not made for anyone other than
 Glenn!
 
  
 
 Regards,
 
  
 
 Karl
  
 
 
 
 From: pzumst at bluewin.ch
 To:
 f_minor at glenngould.org
 Date: Thu, 16 Jan
 2014 18:55:55 +0100
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 Speaking of chairs, is it true or false that his dad
 made more than one ? I seem to have read that
 somewhere...there seems to be a lot of urban myth and
 hagiography around that chair....
 
 
  
 
 From: maryellen
 jensen 
 Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 6:45 PM
 To: f h ; f_minor at glenngould.org
 
 Subject: Re: [f_minor] 109
  
 
 "and did you notice that he put
 something on the chair?  I'd never seen that
 before."
 
 Haha Fred,
 that's the stuffing of the chair tumbling out and when
 all that stuffing was finally gone GG sat on just the T-bar
 of the chair... not so great for his coccyx.
 
 Mary  
 
 
 
 
 Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 07:01:56 -0800
 From:
 boyboy_8 at yahoo.com
 To:
 mmacelletti at sbcglobal.net; f_minor at glenngould.org;
 gmadoodat at hotmail.com; f_minor at glenngould.org
 Subject: Re: [f_minor] 109
 
 
 
 Sounds like it was done in mono.  Too bad we
 can't hear this done by him in stereo, or did he do one
 in that form?  The technique is of course amazing.  I like
 the way his body swirled around in circles and did you
 notice that he put something on the chair?  I'd never
 seen that before.  
 
 
 
 
 
 On Saturday,
 January 11, 2014 3:50:25 PM, michael macelletti
 <mmacelletti at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
 
 
 
 
 
 just listened to gould's beethoven sonata no. 30 on
 vol 4 , so you want to write a fugue, of the old vhs glenn
 gould complete 16 vol collection. ( still out of print
 ???)   absolutely hair-raising type of exciting. those
 sixths in the variations,  wow !!  sure wish someone could
 find that performance somewhere on the net so everyone could
 give it a listen.  i simply have no idea how to do it.
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 		 	   		  
 
  		 	   		 
 
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