13 Quotes by Thad Carhart

I wanted to love this piano. I wanted to invite music back into my life.

The effect is captivating as all of the tones mix, like a watercolor with hues swirled together, and lovely carrying notes long after the fingers are lifted from the keys.

Music isn’t music unless we share it with others,” she told me, but even then that sentiment seemed unsatisfactory to me.

It’s a world with its own traditions and lore, some of which are hidden within pianos themselves.

Motionless, he held the final chord for a long moment and we felt – I could almost say watched – the harmony rise into the light-filled cold of the atelier.

Religions at least give hope; that’s something, even if it’s based on dreams. But those who promise heaven here on earth, whether it’s Communists or Masons, they’re the worst of the worst.

Remember, too, that the trees for the wood that was used to build this piano were most likely planted in the late sixteenth century.

The teaching of music in France is taken very seriously; while admirable enough in itself, very often it veers toward an overly formal and academic approach.

Natural movement is riskier,” he acknowledged, “but life is risky and music is an element of life, so it is risky, too!