(As quoted in a modern translation by Clive James)
For those with the ears and minds to hear them, the notes of pianos are full of ghosts. Each piano hammer and string is different, as is every tuning and every attack and damper movement. A world of unique overtones and interferences rise out of each note. Each one howls and shimmers and cries in a different way, further amplified by the uniqueness of every sound board. And those ghostly keyboard howls have a dialog with the acoustic ghosts that exist in every room. — WILLIAM OSBORNE
