Piano lessons are often a great way for children to get introduced to music – but what about taking a piano apart? That’s exactly what children at the Dover Public Library will be doing ...

Poem copyright 2016 by Rebecca Macijeski, “Taking Apart My Childhood Piano.” Poem reprinted by permission of Rebecca Macijeski. Introduction copyright 2017 by The Poetry Foundation.

DOVER — The Dover Public Library is hosting a unique event on Saturday when children will be allowed to learn about the inner workings of a piano as they take it apart. After the donation of a ...

Walking into Jim Allison’s workshop, you might wonder whether he’s a woodworker or a piano repair man. It turns out he's both — but he doesn't repair pianos so much as reinvent them.

I’ll never disassemble a piano, but I’ve experienced doing it, here. Taking Apart My Childhood Piano My mother and I sit on the back porch, bare feet in summer grass ...

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