Writing Words Occasional notes and short essays. Updated as and when, which is not often. 2027 15 September On Schubert's late D.946 piano pieces A short note on the second of the three Klavierstücke, written after a recital programme assembled, then quietly disassembled. 2026 22 April On field recording A short note on a small handheld unit, owned for too long, kept on purpose. 2025 8 November A defence of the upright The upright piano is not a smaller grand. It is its own instrument. 14 February A note on Frances My father's mother kept her records in the order she had bought them.