Pianos

"observe the spatulate finger-end" [SOLI]

Quick: in which Sherlock Holmes stories do we find the mention of a piano? You might think you know, but you also might likely be wrong.

The piano was an important part of middle-class life in Victorian England, part of an education and part of a way to attract spouses. But there's just a passing mention in a single story. It's just a Trifle.

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The Social History of the Piano
Victorian Women and the Piano: Domesticity and Transgression
Woody Allen's marching cello (YouTube)
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Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra

Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: United States Marine Band

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"observe the spatulate finger-end" [SOLI]

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