Customer Reviews

The Piano Shop on the Left Bank

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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!

This is a wonderful, informative little book. I have purchased several to give as gifts to piano lovers, especially, Steinway lovers. EXCELLENT!

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.

This is a delicious little book for anyone who loves pianos, whether you have played the piano at an earlier age or it has been a lifelong passion. The reader is swept along with the narrator on a journey of music, interesting characters and the delights hiddn in the back streets of Paris's Left Bank. Charming and delightful.