on 2/4/08 10:30 PM, Nicholas Bunning at [log in to unmask] wrote:

> It makes me wonder why Puyana, Ehlers AND Marlowe  would all opt to
> have Landowska's name removed from their instruments?   Maybe she was
> a bitch?

There's no jealousy like professional jealousy.

> I was talking to Hal Chaney about it's arrival today...   He told me
> he knew the instrument, and remembered it being a very fine one. He
> then asked me if i knew  this harpsichord had a nickname...  I replied
> "no"  and asked what it was...  he said "its called KILLER"   and then
> explained that when it was being moved from her apartment on 67th
> Street it fell  and KILLED one of the movers.   It was then sent back
> to Pleyel in Paris for repair... (i have the letters documenting this
> too)  where they did some upgrades to the pedals and put new legs on
> it.  I dont know how many harpsichords have a deadly history?  .. I 'm
> utterly thrilled one of mine does.

If this group could agree on anything, I think it would be that the big
Pleyel wins the Harpsichord Most Likely to Kill You if it Drops on You
award.

Best,

-- 
James R. (Jay) McCarty, MD
Fort Worth, TX

"Sine arte, scientia nihil est"