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January 14, 2008
Oscar Levant On The Piano
When I was going to ET school in the Navy on Treasure Island in the San Francisco Bay, I had a girlfriend, Nancy, whose parents owned a victrola similar to this machine as well as a number of other music makers from the 1870s to 1920s. One kind they were especially fond of was a music box type of contraption that used punched iron discs about a foot and a half across. If you wanted a different tune from your music box you just changed discs. For some reason they really enjoyed my company and I stayed over night at their house on numerous liberties. We also went to numerous concerts in the Stern Grove. We would bring a picnic basket and a bottle of wine and enjoy some culture. One of my favorites was a production of The Bat. Or Die Fledermaus in the original German. I had a crush on Nancy. She just liked me. Ah. Well. The memories are still wonderful. posted by Simon on 01.14.08 at 07:09 AM |
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