From Wiki on Glenn Gould: "When Gould was around ten years old, he injured his back as a result of a fall from a boat ramp on the shore of Lake Simcoe.This incident is almost certainly related to his father's subsequent construction for him of an adjustable-height chair, which he used for the rest of his life. This famous chair was designed so that Gould could sit very low at the keyboard, with the object of pulling down on the keys rather than striking them from above – a central technical idea of his teacher, Alberto Guerrero."
On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 10:05 PM, Milton Kicklighter <[email protected]> wrote: > That is really interesting Steve. I also had my own chair that was an older > folding chair that had been used in Kleinhans for many years. Mine was the > only > green chair on a stage of black chairs. I had some problems with management, > but since I was able to get a note from my Dr stating I had back problems, I > was > able to keep using my chair. > > > Awhile back Kleinhans got rid of all the old chairs, but they were kind enough > to give me mine. I now use it at home. > > Milton > Milton Kicklighter > 4th Horn Buffalo Philharmonic > Retired > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Steven Mumford <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thu, March 10, 2011 7:48:00 PM > Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Elevated Foot Support Issue > > > > Maybe we could all write to Wenger and request that they make chairs that > aren't for people who are 30 feet tall or more. I don't for the life of me > understand what they're thinking. I remember when our orchestra got a set of > those damn things. We had two violinists whose feet didn't reach the floor at > all. It took me a long time to realize that those chairs were affecting my > playing in a bad way. I recovered one of the older "normal" chairs and the > stage hands were happy to make sure I had "my" chair at every service. Mostly > because it pissed the management off royally. I have a friend who brings his > own chair to freelance gigs. A pain in the butt, but probably well worth > it. I > have an old Steelcase chair (made in Michigan!) you know, the kind they used > to > have in offices that have the grey legs and the green plastic seat pad. I > covered it in black and painted the frame flat black. It's a great height for > me and I've > schlepped it to quite a few gigs. > > - Steve Mumford > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/kicklighgter%40yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/steve.freides%40gmail.com > _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
