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...abundantly clear, at least to those in the know, that Igor Kipnis '52 knows his way around a harpsichord. He has performed on that instrument with dozens of world-class orchestras, won a seemingly countless series of awards, including six Grammy nominations, and recorded 67--yes, 67--albums, including 45 solo efforts...
Above all, Kipnis concerns himself with bringing out the musical lines in the works he plays, and his sensitive phrasing and warm tone will happily surprise those listeners who find the harpsichord a muddled or tinkly-sounding instrument. Kipnis' playing has forced innumerable critics to reconsider the potential of this magnificent early keyboard, which composers and audiences of the 19th century almost completely neglected, and which is now undergoing a renaissance in popularity...
...Mirror Telescope, the world's third most powerful telescope. It looks like no other. There is no glistening dome; it might be a four-story barn. But there are 800 * tons of it, and it turns. The whole structure can pirouette 360 degrees, enormously simplifying the aiming of the instrument. It is probably the world's only building with snowplow blades on its corners to clear a path as it rotates about a circular track. When its doors open, they reveal not a sleek, tubular telescope, but a six-eyed monster, a hexagonal array of half a dozen 72-inch...
There is a specific need in the West to contact--and to exchange experiences with--the grassroots of the people. Labor is a good instrument among both sides to create contacts among people," Kluncker says...
...need a piano to write music on," he says. However, "Sometimes when you get to a piano it doesn't sound anything like what you thought it would because when you write a song you hear all the parts in your head and the piano is only one instrument," Axelrod adds...