The Piano Shop on the Left Bank
The author is an American who really knows France. And he loves music and pianos. He makes friends with a piano restorer and, with this as his point of departure, he takes us gently and with wit through the history of the piano – its invention, its makers, improvements, and great music written for the instrument. This is all against the background of the beautiful city of Paris and the character of the French. At a time when there have been ‘misunderstandings’ between his country and mine, how wonderful it is to read about an American’s adventures in this wonderful, civilised country in ‘old Europe’!
