pianos

On the day of her recital, ten-year-old Moxy prepares in her usual flamboyant way, which creates chaos at home.

Practice till you drop . . . dead. When Jerry finds a dusty old piano in the attic of his new house, his parents offer to pay for lessons. At first, taking piano seems like a cool idea. But there's something creepy about Jerry's piano teacher, Dr. Shreek. Something really creepy. Something Jerry can't quite put his finger on. Then Jerry hears the stories. Terrifying stories. About the students at Dr. Shreek's music school. Students who went in for a lesson . . . and never came out.

Momo has a piano recital and she is nervous about her performance until she meets a mouse who also has a recital and is nervous.

On the day of her recital, ten-year-old Moxy prepares in her usual flamboyant way, which creates chaos at home.

Illustrations and concise text explore the piano and its predecessors.

Text and photographs describe the methods and tools used in making a concert grand piano at the Steinway factory in New York City.

A young mute woman and her child travel to New Zealand in the 1800s for an arranged marriage to a farmer. After the marriage she meets another man, and the competition for her love begins. Only one of the men realizes that her affections may be won through her beloved piano.

Mabel loves taking piano lessons and practicing so much that her parents buy a brand-new piano, and when they decide she should perform a concert at a family party, her little sister Violet gets jealous and threatens to unleash magic in order to get attention.

Franklin learns that in order to play the piano he must practice.

Photographs and simple text provide an introduction to pianos, explaining what they look like, how they sound, where they come from, and how they are played.