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The Finishing Touch profiles five individuals with the drive to achieve perfection, each in a totally unrelated field yet all sharing the same disposition to regard anything else as unacceptable. Bruce Bliven, Jr., himself a perfectionist in his skilled narration and detailed reporting, introduces Margaret Wise Brown, prolific author of extremely popular children's book; Dick Miles, ten-time U.S. men's singles table tennis champion; William Hupfer, the man in charge of tone regulation and piano lending for Steinway; George Scheer, book traveler extraordinaire; and Cyril Harris, indefatigable acoustic consultant responsible for the rebuilding of Avery Fisher Hall.
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