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.   If you have a suggestion for a Trifles episode, let us know at trifles @ ihearofsherlock.com. If you use your idea on the air, we'll send you some Sherlockian goodies.  

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    Links / Notes

• This episode: ihose.co/trifles315
• The Social History of the Piano
• Victorian Women and the Piano: Domesticity and Transgression
• Woody Allen's marching cello (YouTube)
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