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Friday, September 12, 2008

Anonymous Was a Harpsichord Painter


Why embellish a musical instrument with flowers? Maybe, it’s to say “Author! Author!” with the sub-or-superhuman in mind.


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Detail from a harpsichord by Andreas Ruckers

Musikinstrumenten-Museum, Berlin

Photo: Margaret Adie

“Hi, my name is Kelly and I’ll be your waiter.”

Have you noticed there’s a glut of identification? Not only are we drummed into knowing the proper names of hurricanes and tennis shoes, we also must know the names of Sarah Palin’s daughter’s boyfriend (Levi Johnston) and every groomsman at a wedding (all have short bios in the programme).

Gratefully, we identify the inspiration for this post: Margaret Adie. Artist and bowmaker, Margaret visited Berlin over the summer with her daughter (Megan, if you must know). Both being musicians, they headed for the city’s Musical Instrument Museum (Musikinstrumenten-Museum).


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