Glenn Gould's Steinway CD 318 Piano
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Title
Glenn Gould's Steinway CD 318 Piano
Subject
Gould, Glenn; piano; CD 318; Steinway; Centre national des Arts; National Arts Centre
Description
Steinway CD 318 concert grand piano built in 1943 at Steinway & Sons, New York, NY (Bazzana, Kevin. 2005. Wondrous Strange : The Life and Art of Glenn Gould. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 246). "Glenn Gould discovered it backstage at the Eaton Auditorium in Toronto in 1960 and thereafter, used the instrument for the majority of his recordings" (Library and Archives Canada, 2019, "Steinway piano CD318 [object]", consulted March 1, 2019, https://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&rec_nbr=4111967&lang=eng&rec_nbr_list=4111967,4111966). In her book, Katie Hafner mentions that Gould used the CD 318 piano in his recordings until 1980 when it was no longer playable (Hafner, Katie. 2008. A Romance on Three Legs. Bloomsbury, USA, 208). "The item was transferred to the National Arts Centre in Ottawa on November 30, 2011" (LAC Archives 2019). Red and black felt has been added to piano strings D5 to G6.
Creator
Steinway & Sons (piano)
Source
National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Item catalogued by Mary Hadwen, Sarah Miyamoto and Valeria Dimitrova, University of Ottawa.
Date
1943
Format
Physical object; musical instrument; 9 feet across; 1,325 lb
Identifier
UO-LC-NAC-GGfonds-CD318Piano
Coverage
Located at the National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Collection
Citation
Steinway & Sons (piano), “Glenn Gould's Steinway CD 318 Piano,” Linking Culture(s), accessed May 10, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/linking-cultures/items/show/102.