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. Music For Bowed Piano

Published December 1, 1996 at 12:00 AM EST

Liane Hansen speaks with composer Stephen Scott. For wo decades he's been eliciting very UN-pianolike sounds from concert grands ith the help of his Bowed Piano Ensemble. 10 players huddle around the nstrument, creating surprisingly soothing music with nylon filaments, picks, nd rosinated sticks. His new CD is titled "Vikings of the Sunrise - Fantasy on he Polynesian Star Path Navigators" (New Albion NA084CD).

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