Where there is a piano, there is hope. There is hope because where there is a piano, someone nearby knows how to play it and is capable of teaching others to play. And this activity—taking and giving piano lessons—will save the world. Hyperbole? Of course. But truth-based. Piano lessons are instruction in how to coordinate the senses of touch, sight, and hearing; how to discern incorrect results and correct them; how to cultivate a sense of beauty; and all of this while exploring one’s own potential for creativity. The piano student holds the history of music in one hand and its possible future in the other. Centuries of music can be played on the 88 keys of the instrument invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori on the cusp of the 18th century. Cristofori’s invention was named the “soft-loud” (“pianoforte,” later shortened to “piano”) for its ability to play at different volume levels, contrasted …