Books like The piano by Ballantine, Bill

A young boy spends a summer with his grandmother who is recovering from a twisted ankle. He teaches her how to play baseball, and in turn, she encourages him to discover his love for the piano.

Nine-year-old Josefina discovers the joy of playing the piano and the power of music on the New Mexican frontier.

A lyrical tale of a family's struggles, through the eyes of a son who learns about his mother's tumultuous past.

"In Piano Notes, he writes for an audience about an old friend - the piano itself. Drawing upon a lifetime of wisdom and the accumulated lore of many great performers of the past, Rosen shows why the instrument demands such a stark combination of mental and physical prowess. Readers will gather many little-known insights - from how pianists vary their posture, to how splicings and microphone placements can ruin recordings, to how the history of composition was dominated by the piano for two centuries. Stories of many great musicians abound. Rosen reveals Nadia Boulanger's favorite way to avoid commenting on the performances of her friends ("You know what I think, " spoken with utmost earnestness), why Glenn Gould's recordings suffer from "double-strike" touches, and how even Vladimir Horowitz became enamored of splicing multiple performances into a single recording. Rosen's explanation of the piano's physical pleasures, demands, and discontents will delight and instruct anyone who has ever sat at a keyboard, as well as everyone who loves to listen to the instrument."--BOOK JACKET.

A playful piano that refuses to practice becomes a storage chest, escapes with a child's help, and is swept into the sea.