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    The Concert Pianist
    The Concert Pianist
    The Concert Pianist
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    The Concert Pianist

    By Judy and Keith

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    Everything changes after Elizabeth discovers a letter inside a secondhand piano. It brings much more than music into her family life. Is the piano haunted?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublishereXtasy Books Inc
    Release dateMay 14, 2017
    ISBN9781487412746
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      The Concert Pianist - Judy

      Elizabeth discovers the true meaning of if music be the food of life, play on.

      Everything changes after Elizabeth discovers a letter inside a secondhand piano. It brings much more than music into her family life. Is the piano haunted?

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      Please purchase only authorized electronic editions, and do not participate in or encourage the electronic piracy of copyrighted materials. Your support of the author’s rights is appreciated.

      This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      The Concert Pianist

      Copyright © 2017 Judy and Keith

      ISBN: 978-1-4874-1274-6

      Cover art by Martine Jardin

      All rights reserved. Except for use in any review, the reproduction or utilization of this work in whole or in part in any form by any electronic, mechanical or other means, now known or hereafter invented, is forbidden without the written permission of the publisher.

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      The Concert Pianist

      By

      Judy and Keith

      Dedication

      This story is dedicated to my wife and inspired by Big-nan, who always told the best bedtime stories.

      It was co-written by my wife, editor, and muse, Judy.

      Chapter One: The Piano

      Elizabeth

      Mom had wanted to play the piano and didn’t get the opportunity as a child. She was the baby in her family, and her two elder brothers had both been forced to play the piano. They hated it, so by the time Mom had been old enough to start to play, grandma had learned her lesson. She’d gotten rid of the piano. Both of my uncles were happy playing football instead of an instrument, and Mom had taken singing lessons. I knew, as soon as we saw the old upright at the estate clearance sale, Mom was going to make a bid.

      I’ll offer fifty for the piano.

      The auctioneer didn’t bat an eyelash. Sold, you’ve got a bargain. We don’t deliver. Chuck will help you load it. You do have a pickup?

      I cringed.

      This means piano lessons... lucky me.

      Mom smiled. Yes, we do. Hubby... get to it. She fished out a fifty-dollar note and handed it to the auctioneer.

      Mom, you overpaid. I’m sure he would have taken twenty.

      Maybe and maybe not. I wanted it. Fifty is a fair price, plus I didn’t want to get into a bidding war.

      I knew I wasn’t going to win this one.

      We’re the only ones interested. Never mind.

      I shut up. The auctioneer had heard me, looked in our direction and shouted, It’s your lucky day. The piano comes with a stool that’s stuffed full of sheet music.

      We hung around for another hour. Mom bought a couple of vases, and then we were done. As we drove home I asked, Dad, where will you put the piano?

      In the den, and I’m sure our neighbor, Jim, will help me manhandle it in. You’ll have to fight over it with Mom. He laughed.

      That evening, the piano took pride of place in the den. Mom had polished it, and I had to admit it looked pretty neat. I opened the piano stool.

      He wasn’t lying. There’s a lot of sheet music. I looked at one. My, my... black notes on top of black notes. It looks very complicated. Who’s the composer? Rachmaninoff... never heard of him.

      I sat down on the stool and started to randomly hit keys.

      I like the tone. I think I will have lessons. I may be too old at thirteen to be really good, but you never know.

      A tune came into my head, and my fingers seemed to know exactly where to go to bring it to life. Mom poked her head around the door. That sounds wonderful. Keep playing. Do you want lessons? I’ll pay.

      Yes, Mom. I take it all back. This is a fantastic buy.

      I closed my eyes, and without consciously trying, my fingers seemed to instinctively know what to do.

      How am I doing this?

      My hands coordinated seamlessly.

      I think I’m a natural.

      My first lesson was at the piano teacher’s home. The piano felt cold and unresponsive. She said I showed promise and agreed to give me lessons, as long as I practiced. I asked Mom if

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