Recommended Reading

The following are some of my favorite piano related DVDs and books. Links will take you to Amazon, where you can purchase a copy for your piano library.

I love to read…and the only thing perhaps that I love more than reading is telling other people what they should read.
-Clark Gregg

Pianomania

Starring Stephan Knupfer, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Lang Lang, Alfred Brendel, Till Fellner

Note by Note: The Making of Steinway L1037

Starring Harry Connick Jr., Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Helene Grimaud, Hank Jones, Lang Lang

The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier

By Thad Carhart

A Romance on Three Legs: Glenn Gould’s Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Piano

By Katie Hafner

Grand Obsession: A Piano Odyssey

By Perri Knize

Temperament: How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization

By Stuart Isacoff

A Natural History of the Piano: The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians – from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between

By Stuart Isacoff

Giraffes, Black Dragons, and Other Pianos: A Technological History from Cristofori to the Modern Concert Grand, Second Edition

By Edwin Good

The Great Pianists: From Mozart to the Present

By Harold C. Schonberg

The Piano Book: Buying & Owning a New or Used Piano

By Larry Fine

Pierce Piano Atlas, 11th Edition

By Bob Pierce, Larry Ashley, Bob Pierce, Larry Ashley

Piano Servicing, Tuning, and Rebuilding: For the Professional, the Student, and the Hobbyist

By Artur A. Reblitz