Ever since the piano was invented, people have longed to own one. In the nineteenth century, an age without recorded music or television, this craze reached its apex. Pianos were everywhere: they swelled and shrank in the heat of the colonies, they were in every genteel home, in restaurants, on steamships, in the remote bars of the American west. Some of these pianos have become treasured family heirlooms, some have ended up as firewood. Others have led a more intinerant life, washing up in all sorts of strange places. Occasionally, these wandering pianos find their way to a secret, glass-roofed workshop in Paris where they are lovingly restored and sent off again by a French piano repairer with a passion for his job. When Thad Carhart discovered Luc and his hidden cache of pianos in the dusty repair shop on his street in Paris, his life changed. Having been constantly on the move between America and France, he had never owned his own piano. As he explored the Eldorado of second-hand uprights, grands, harpsichords and player pianos in Luc's atelier, talked to him about how they work and their history, and finally found the baby grand of his dreams, he rediscovered his deep love for this most magical of instruments.
| |||||||||||||||
Book Description
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
finely written, a delight for every francophile,
This review is from: The Piano Shop on the Left Bank (Paperback)
Everyone interested in France will enjoy this bit of intellectual entertainment, though piano experts and tuners will tear their hair over the small innacuracies and over-romanticization of the trade. Nonetheless, the author has captured a unique (and dying) way of life, in an endearing depiction of Paris' ateliers and artisans. Bravo!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Piano Shop on the Left Bank,
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: The Piano Shop on the Left Bank (Paperback)
This is a wonderful, informative little book. I have purchased several to give as gifts to piano lovers, especially, Steinway lovers. EXCELLENT!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very Good Read,
This review is from: The Piano Shop on the Left Bank (Paperback)
This was a gift, and one that I treasure. I had no prior interest in pianos, but I learned a great deal about the subject and its history. Notwithstanding the book's subject, the author manages to provide you with details about daily Parisian life, and Parisian attitudes, without resorting to steroetypes. As such, the book presents a unique personal illustration of the expatriate experience in Paris. I enjoyed the author's prose and his patient and meticulous rendering of events and his impressions. He presents his narrative with the same care as that attributed to pianos in the story. After reading the book, I felt like I had been transported into daily, non-touristy Parisian life, while given a dose of knowledge about a subject matter that I never really thought about. Overall, a very good read.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
|
|
