(OT) out of print books...

> don't tell me that the Fokker book
> is another "out of print" tuning specialty! Every tuning book I've
> ever wanted (except for Partch) has been "out of print..." I'm
> getting used to it.

For what it's worth... When I'm searching for something out-of-print, I go
to http://www.abebooks.com/ and set up a "want list" -- a free service.
Eventually, a copy will turn up at one of the zillions of used book dealers
in their network.

I waited a year or so to find a copy of Colin McPhee's "Music in Bali".
Barbour's "Tuning and Temperament" turned up in less than a fortnight.

Rick

--- In tuning@y..., Rick McGowan <rick@u...> wrote:

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> > don't tell me that the Fokker book
> > is another "out of print" tuning specialty! Every tuning book
I've
> > ever wanted (except for Partch) has been "out of print..." I'm
> > getting used to it.
>
> For what it's worth... When I'm searching for something
out-of-print, I go
> to http://www.abebooks.com/ and set up a "want list" -- a free
service. Eventually, a copy will turn up at one of the zillions of
used book dealers in their network.
>
> I waited a year or so to find a copy of Colin McPhee's "Music in
Bali". Barbour's "Tuning and Temperament" turned up in less than a
fortnight.
>
> Rick

Thanks so much, Rick. I really appreciate this post! Actually, I
had tried Amazon.com for a couple of out-of-print items, the Barbour
was one of them... and also the Easley Blackwood "Diatonic..." No
luck.

This isn't really so OT, I believe, since every major book on tuning
I have wanted has been out of print!

Thanks again!

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