The Piano Shop on the Left Bank

Some cover quotes about the book The Piano Shop on the Left Bank, by Thard Carhart.

 

In recounting his rediscovery of a passion of his youth, Thad Carhart has made both the technology ahnd the culture of the piano come alive. His skillful interleaving f the engineering considerations that go into making a great piano with the human satisfaction that comes of playing one has produced a totally engrossing book."  (Some of the tech stuff was not correct."

 

In this quirky and tender book about the rediscovery of his childood passion for music lies a deepre meditation on the voluntary dreems of acceptance by his chosen city.

 

Engaging...Carhart conveys his affection for Luc, the atelier and the piano with such enthusiasm that readers mught be inspired to return to their own chilhood instrument....A warmhearted, intelligent insite into a private Paris.

 

A captivating book , as desultory as an evening stroll, uyet full of knowledge,. It is suffused with Parisian sensations, the smell of fresh bread from the local bakery, water washing down the gutters in the morning....You can read it in an evening, but when you close it you feel you have gone on a holiday.