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Gordon Lawrie

The Piano Exam


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The Piano Exam

The Piano Exam is a free short story, written as a prequel to Four Old Geezers And A Valkyrie.   It really is free, and at 7,500 words, it can be read in 10-15 minutes.   Readers can download it from all the usual e-publishers including Apple and Amazon Kindle. Watch out for Amazon, who tend to charge even where they're not meant to. This story is intended to be FREE, and you can download a pdf using the link below. It will open in Adobe Acrobat Reader.
One other thing: there's some music to go with this story, which can be found by clicking this link.

TPEA5 by Gordon Lawrie on Scribd

Edinburgh schoolteacher Brian Reid has an ambition - to pass a fairly basic piano exam. After trying a number of teachers, he finds one who might be able to help him... This short story was written as a prequel to the full-length novel "Four Old Geezers And A Valkyrie".
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