{"id":2060,"date":"2008-11-06T20:24:01","date_gmt":"2008-11-07T02:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/granades.com\/?p=2060"},"modified":"2008-11-06T20:24:01","modified_gmt":"2008-11-07T02:24:01","slug":"what-a-prepared-piano-looks-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/granades.com\/?p=2060","title":{"rendered":"What a Prepared Piano Looks Like"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever seen inside a prepared piano? I hadn&#8217;t either. Here&#8217;s what it looks like when you&#8217;re doing the preparing:<\/p>\n<div class=\"centerimage\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/granades.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/preparing-a-piano.jpg\" alt=\"Preparing a piano for a Cage piece\" title=\"Don&#039;t jab too hard with the screwdriver!\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/granades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/preparing-a-piano.jpg 450w, https:\/\/granades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/preparing-a-piano-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>There&#8217;s a table in Cage&#8217;s <i>Sonatas and Interludes<\/i> that lists what strings you&#8217;re supposed to shove stuff in and how far from the bridge the stuff goes. Insert a screwdriver, twist to spread the strings, and in goes the plastic or rubber or screws or bolts. Of course, Cage&#8217;s measurements were all for one specific piano, so you end up adjusting after you insert them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"centerimage\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/granades.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/prepared-piano.jpg\" alt=\"The piano after preparation\" title=\"Pretty rubber erasers\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/granades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/prepared-piano.jpg 450w, https:\/\/granades.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/prepared-piano-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>And there&#8217;s what it looks like afterward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever seen inside a prepared piano? I hadn&#8217;t either. Here&#8217;s what it looks like when you&#8217;re doing the preparing: There&#8217;s a table in Cage&#8217;s Sonatas and Interludes that lists what strings you&#8217;re supposed to shove stuff in and how far from the bridge the stuff goes. Insert a screwdriver, twist to spread the strings, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/granades.com\/?p=2060\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What a Prepared Piano Looks Like<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2060"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2064,"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2060\/revisions\/2064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/granades.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}