Piano Pillows

Piano-Tuning Bar

"Personally, I prefer a piano bar."

"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."

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

Tune Up Shop.

'His BACH is worse than his bite.'

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

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

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

'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'.

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

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

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

'You win. Go out and play.'

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

Pianist Envy.

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

Elton John

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

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

Robert Schumann

Mendelssohn Finds His Inspiration

'I think I see why you're progressing slowly in music.'

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

'Pianissimo, pianissimo!'

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

Claude Debussy

"No, no, no! We never start playing with an empty jar!"

"That reminds me, I was going to get my daughter piano lessons!"

'SSHHH, PIANOS. TWO GRANDS AND A BABY. ONE HAS THE LID UP AND THE OTHER ONE IS BARING ITS KEYS. BETTER GET THE CELLO.'

Musician playing the piano on a computer.

Franz Liszt