The Piano Shop on the Left Bank by Thad Carhart

And the modest piano “with the heart of a lion” that was to become Thad’s own. Sign-in Books Stories Search for: Search. Great hulking beasts of thunderous voice. Book by Thad Carhart Read or listen to The Piano Shop on the Left Bank by Thad Carhart. A bewildering variety passes through his restorer’s hands: delicate ancient pianofortes, one perhaps the onetime possession of Beethoven.

Luc, the atelier’s master, proves an excellent guide to the history of this most gloriously impractical of instruments. When Carhart first meets Luc, he offers Carhart his right forearm to shake, since his hands were wet. An accidental introduction finally opened the door to the quartier’s oddest hangout, where locals-from university professors to pipefitters-gather on Friday evenings to discuss music, love, and life over a glass of wine. The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier by Thad Carhart Walking his two young children to school every morning. As much as it is a history of the piano, The Piano Shop on the Left Bankalso offers a warm account of the author’s friendship with Luc, the atelier’s master. Like Alice in Wonderland, he found his attempts to gain entry rebuffed at every turn.

Thad Carhart never realized there was a gap in his life until he happened upon Desforges Pianos, a demure little shopfront in his Pairs neighborhood that seemed to want to hide rather than advertise its wares. A warm and intuitive portrait of the secret Paris-one closed to all but a knowing few- The Piano Shop on the Left Bank is the perfect book for music lovers, or for anyone who longs to recapture a lost passion. The Piano Shop on the Left Bank is at once a beguiling portrait of a Paris not found on any map and a tender account of the awakening of a lost childhood passion.