The Piano Tuner

By Robert Astle

The Piano Tuner is an outrageous dialogue between Bob, a blind piano tuner, and a prepared piano. Bob has been summoned out to a house on the prairie to tune a derelict piano, and he soon discovers that the piano has been "prepared" with sounds, objects and stories which Bob must confront in order to bring the instrument back into tune.

A tragedy in the classic sense, The Piano Tuner follows Bob into his harrowing past, revealing the shocking murder of Bob's former wife and his subsequent incarceration. But this is also a story of redemption. As Bob struggles to bring the piano into tune he rediscovers his long-lost son, Baby Boy; it is he who has filled the piano with the sounds, objects and stories and summoned the piano tuner.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0921833954
• ISBN13: 9780921833956
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Signature Editions
• Length: 60 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.4"