The Well-Tuned Piano recording made in 1962 cuts off suddenly after only an hour and a half. Young has also been influential to many composers and musicians throughout his life. Dennis Johnson cites Young as an influence in his composition, "The Second Machine", which is based on four single pitches of Young's "Four Dreams of China". Composer and critic Kyle Gann has said that "The Well-Tuned Piano", "may well be the most important American piano work since Charles Ives's "Concord Sonata", in size, in influence, and in revolutionary innovation." Gann has also called the piece "the most important piano work of the late
Pedal steel guitar Brij Bhushan Kabra adapted the steel guitar to play "ragas", traditional Indian compositions and is called the father of the genre of Hindustani Slide Guitar. Pedal steel guitar The pedal steel guitar is a console-type of steel guitar with pedals and levers added to enable playing more varied and complex music which had not been possible with antecedent steel guitar designs. Like other steel guitars, it shares the ability to play unlimited glissandos (sliding notes) and deep vibratos—characteristics in common with the human voice. Pedal steel is most commonly associated with American country music. Pedals and knee levers were added