Walking his two young children to school every morning, Thad Carhart passes an unassuming little storefront in his Paris neighborhood. Intrigued by its simple s

The story of a musical friendship and a mutual obsession, intertwined with reflections on how pianos work, their history and the people who care for them, from

Ever since the piano was invented, people have longed to own one. By the nineteenth century, the big, unwieldy instruments were everywhere: they shrank in the h

The story of a musical friendship and a mutual obsession, intertwined with reflections on how pianos work, their history, and the Parisians who care for them.