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Keeping the Beat: Custom-Made Conducting Batons

Keeping the Beat: Custom-Made Conducting Batons

Update: 2023-08-04
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A good conductor can lead an orchestra with almost anything — even a chopstick. Leonard Bernstein was known to conduct a full symphony with just his eyebrows. Why, then, in this age of cheap manufacturing, are handmade, customized batons still in demand?

Written by JEFF GREENWALD
Introduction by PAULINE BARTOLONE
Narrated by JEFF GREENWALD
Produced by PAULINE BARTOLONE
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Keeping the Beat: Custom-Made Conducting Batons

Keeping the Beat: Custom-Made Conducting Batons

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