review of the book<\/strong><\/font><\/a> in The Times Literary Supplement, sent one of our tireless conscripts reeling: “Can’t lay down a riff on da square, no way mama!”
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<\/a>One of the most vivid pictures painted [by Richard Burnett in “Company of Pianos”<\/strong><\/font><\/a>] is that of the huge bonfire on the beach of Atlantic City, New Jersey, in 1904, when a thousand square pianos were burned to a crisp. The main manufacturers got together to put on this show in order to declare the “square” dead.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n