The protagonist, a middle-aged man by the name of Edgar Drake, is commissioned by the British War Office to repair a rare Erard grand piano belonging to a Doctor Anthony Carroll. Carroll, who is the root of many myths, had the piano shipped to him as a means to bring peace and union amongst the princes in Burma in order to further the expansion of the British Empire. The extreme humidity of the tropical climate soon rendered it useless and horribly out of tune.
The protagonist, a middle-aged man named Edgar Drake, is tasked by the British War Office to repair a rare Erard grand piano belonging to Doctor Anthony Carroll. Carroll, who is the source of many legends, had the piano shipped to him as a means to foster peace and unity amongst the princes in Burma to advance British Empire expansion. The extreme humidity of the tropical climate rendered it unusable and out of tune.