A Vivace story from my Maestoso Flist - rec

[therealsnape]

The story I'm rec'ing is too good to post friends locked, so a small word of explanation is in order.

In my last (friends locked, sorry folks) journal entry on the tragic events at the Annual Meeting of our Neighbourhood Society, I casually mentioned piano femmeslash. Just for the record, I have normal moments too. They're just few and far between.
And there was a reason: I was listening to a piano called Fraulein Bluethner, a grand who travels everywhere, including to Berlin. And I happen to know of an upright called Ortrud who lives in Berlin. With a mind like mine ...

I'm very fortunate in a flist who doesn't defriend the perv on the spot, but actually takes up the theme and improvises in strange and wonderful ways. tetleythesecond and lash_larue changed my ideas on pianos forever (and did wonders for my vocabulary - didn't even know the term 'upright' before).

It started with an allegretto grazioso There may even be sex manuals for them, "Keys to String-snapping Crescendos", or, "Dimenuendo to Extend Your Pleasure." Perhaps even, "Pump Your Own Pedals", in the self-help section.

After that last image, we had a much needed Andante Moderato with some technical questions such as Is Fraulein Bluethner a grand or an upright? And does she have candleholders?

You'll remember that Ortrud is an upright; the general feeling is that they are somewhat butch by nature, whereas Fraulein B. is, according to one who knows (not me!) so soft, so incredibly sensitive to the touch, and so very, very chesty. And never harsh in the upper register because they have an extra chord there!

There was a Vivacissimamente reaction of I never thought about candlesticks; Dear God, can you be as sick as I am?

Then 36 hours of sostenuto, and here it is: And Ortrud / Fraulein Bluethner piano femmeslash story. All you have to do is click here Allegro appassionato. The wonderfully talented lash_larue has writen a fic that'll make your heart sing too. And towards the crescendo various other body parts join in.

Comments

[tetleythesecond]

Oh wow. Thank you for pointing me there! Ortrud and I are absolutely smitten! (I shouldn't have read it to her -- now she wants a Blüthner grand.)

[therealsnape.livejournal.com]

now she wants a Blüthner grand</i. Tell her that I frequently want Minerva. Or Willa. Or Amelia (when written by you). Or Hooch. You may even tell her that sometimes (it's the company I keep, really) I'd like to replace 'or' by 'and'. That's the downside of fanfic, and Ortrud will have to live with it. She could always take up the pen and write a sequel, of course. Or inspire her human to do so ...

[lash-larue.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the rec, I'm honored.

And thanks for the bunny, I meant to work in a hemidemisemiquaver, but that seemed too tentative for this pair.

Perhaps a banjo...
L

[therealsnape.livejournal.com]

Such a fun story! And you manage the piano-passion with such elegance, I really loved it.