Piano Punished Gifts

"You'd think he hated music by the way he tortures it."

Baby Piano

Concert Pianist.

"I was going to play the Moonlight Sonata, but I forgot the key."

"... And his piano teacher says that he definitely has Van Gough's ear for music."

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

Fun (circa 1955)

'After hours of rehearsing together, little Judy Barlow is going to play 'Three Blind Mice' while her father screams, 'Keep that racket down, will ya?''

'What did I tell you about playing the piano in the house?'

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

Around the piano

'I'd rather be playing football.'

A-Hem! I'm still singing here!

Col Pugno

Pianist-boxer

Wife growing vegetables in husband's piano

"Tip my boy."

"I appreciate you have a real passion for music Mr Hibberd. . . but I can see you're going to struggle with the piano."

'In the middle of the second movement, Rodney's worst fears were realized; Phillippe began to sing along.'

'That's a bit better. Persistence pays off - although, not as well as it did when I was your age.'

'I hereby sentence you to three years of piano lessons.'

"Let's see him get out of this sonata."

The battle of the pianos.

'How's the ringtone coming along, Ludwig?'

"For tonight's performance I have stripped everything, as far as possible, down to the "urtext" edition."

"Pianissimo! Pianissimo!"

"Come on, man, think! There's got to be some new, super-annoying way to bother her for food—I know it!"

"I only accept students with natural talent. Your kid's talent is unnatural."

"It's very touching. She was his first teacher."

"This won't last long. I'll practice right after Mom gets home from work."

"I think I need to go on a diet. I'm tipping the scale."

Melody Cockroach.

'I'm a fortune teller Phillip. Music is going to mark a key moment in your life.'

'I'm sorry I didn't practice this week, Mrs. Tinklemeyer. I just had so many distractions!

There were occasional moments when she questioned her decision to work with truly gifted students.