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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 the most amateur pianists to the tuners and craftsmen.

We learn that in Paris, space in apartments is at such a premium that upright pianos are more expensive than grands and baby grands which are hard to sell. Each maker makes their own strings and several kinds of string are needed for each piano. A maker which made in London and Paris turned out cheap rubbish from the London shop. The piano shop owner only wants to sell instruments to people who will appreciate them, and dreads any piano ending up in a bar.

And we learn that you can never have too many dream pianos.

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