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" Piano Dream" |
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Commercial story of the piano -
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by
Atanasio
Cecchini
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Cecchini Atanasio, the author of the book “Piano Dream”
was born in Rimini in 1949. He studied sciences at high school,
and took a degree in Industrial Analysis at the University of
Bologna.
A historian and an art expert, a profound connoisseur of pianos
from the commercial standpoint, philological researcher of ancient
instruments, he has also actively collaborated in setting up
museums and assembling piano collections. |
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| Author:
Cecchini Atanasio |
| Appendix:
Ponzi Flavio |
| Preface:
Airaudo Filippo Maria |
| Preface:
Preti Gaetano Vittorio |
| Preface:
Franco Scala |
| Introduction:
Batocchio
Mosè |
| Musical
consultant: Preti Gaetano Vittorio |
| Technical
consultant: Cecchini Orazio |
| Literary
copyright: Pianosound s.r.l. |
| Supervisor
publication: Battocchio Alessandro |
| Graphic
design: |
Cecchini
Fabrizio |
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Batocchio
Marianna |
| Images
copyright: Pianosound s.r.l. |
| Publisher:
Mosè Edizioni |
| Photographs:
Mosè
Foto Design - Cecchini Fabrizio |
| Education
consultant: Preti Gaetano Vittorio |
| Translator:
Monaco Henry |
| Version:
Italian - English |
| Distributor: |
Pianosound
s.r.l. via Unione Sovietica n° 4 - 47900 Rimini (Rn) Italy |
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tel.
+39-0541-741452 fax. +39-0541-742662 -- www.pianosound.it
info@pianosound.it |
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"…I
felt a great emotion when, in 1983, I bought from John Lennon’s
aunt, a splendid Steinway & Sons grand piano, on which the ex-Beatle
had composed some of the wonderful songs that everyone knows…" |
The
book "Piano Dream" tells the commercial story of the
piano through the experiences, the joys, the concerns and the
dreams of someone who has dedicated his life to searching for
antique pianos.
The author, a piano dealer, but especially a lover of the instrument,
by virtue of his profession, has had the chance to buy, sell,
collect and analyse thousands of pianos of every make and era.
The book gives us a glimpse into the business side of pianos
that would otherwise be difficult to imagine. Atanasio Cecchini
recounts the history of the piano together with his actual experiences
of business life, with its related anecdotes, memories and feelings,
leading the reader along a marvellous journey in time in the
midst of musicians, dealers and piano makers. "Piano Dream"
is also a working tool for the people in the trade, a useful
handbook replete with thousands of technical data and hundreds
of photographs. The author of "Piano Dream" has also
benefited from the invaluable collaboration of the pianist and
restorer Flavio Ponzi, who in the essay contained in the appendix,
provided the reader with a detailed account of his experiences
as a philological and scientific restorer of some historical
pianos that can also be played in piano recitals. "Piano
Dream" is more than a book: it is love for the piano, it
is a life fulfilled, it is friendship, it is an extraordinary
working experience, it is an essential instrument of knowledge
for musicians, restorers, dealers and piano-lovers everywhere. |
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First
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