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Today's Piano Puzzler

  • Feb 28
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From the Archives.  The contestant is Andrew Conkling from Kalamazoo, Michigan.  I was right about one thing:  when I saw that the Puzzler was almost 18 minutes, I knew that I wouldn’t stand a chance.   And I was right!  Even composer Bruce Adolph, after the piece finished said, “I think this is really hard.”  And it was.  The composer style is guessable, and the contestant did get it, though only after a wrong guess and directional hint.  But even host Fred Child was stumped with the hidden song and only later thought he finally figured it out.  (We don’t find out if he was right, since the contestant – with a hint – makes a correct guess.)


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