Experience prepared piano from the inside - with a close-up view during performance of the detuned strings, the superball mallets, the Buddhist prayer gong, the water glass, the cedar balls, and all of the other implements that create the otherworldly sounds in this 1996 work that is destined to become a classic Drawing on the prepared piano tradition of John Cage, composer Annea Lockwood has fashioned an entirely new musical terrain in which pianist Lois Svard explores a sound landscape that is mesmerizing, eerie, and remarkably beautiful. Including: two performances (one video, one audio), demos of piano preparations, conversations with Svard and Lockwood, rarely seen black and white photos of Lockwood's earlier Piano Transplants and The Glass Concerts. DVD ntsc, Region: All ; Run Time: 68 minutes