Pianist Pillows

Piano-Tuning Bar

'I hate these purists who play Bach without any pedal'

"Can't say I'm surprised. It's a notoriously difficult piece of music."

"We don't need to push down on the pedal QUITE so hard, Petunia."

"And now, God help us all, Rachmaninoff's Concerto in C Minor."

"These keys seem vaguely familiar."

"I'm sorry, but the flight of the bumblebees has been cancelled."

'His BACH is worse than his bite.'

'My next selection is a protest song against piano lessons.'

Jazz quartet, piano, bass, sax and drums

Beethoven's 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and Fifth.

'We should have bought the piano first, and built the igloo around it.'

'In an inexplicable attack of nerves, Elliot becomes the first person ever to screw up John Cage's 4'33'.

'Ugh Not Again!'

"I call this next piece, 'Turn Off The Lawn Mower Before You Clean It.'"

"Come on, you know the words! Bum bum bum bum!"

'For my next selection, I will download a music file from the internet.'

"This next song's about pain."

"Any requests, babe, before I call it a night?"

"Enough medical mumbo jumbo, just give it to me straight, Doc-will I ever be able to play piano again?"

'If only I could write music that would have that much influence over people.'

It soon became obvious to all in the theatre that Doug's Bach was worse than his bite.

'You win. Go out and play.'

Fun (circa 1955)

"You people make me sick. Nonetheless, here's a little toe-tapper."

'The thing I like about jazz is nobody notices if I hit the wrong notes.'

'OK start her up!'

"I don't want to play for the audience. I want to play for the fans."

Musician playing the piano on a computer.

"Sonata for Three Frogs"

Octopus on Keys.

Robert Schumann

'Pianissimo, pianissimo!'

To the pianist surprise, one day he actually cuts himself on a B Sharp.

Mendelssohn Finds His Inspiration