Beautiful and haunting description. How did an old house inspire a story about a piano?

Just one teensy little typo: “to give up it hostage” should probably be “to give up its hostage”.
LoA

Actually had the story in my head first, just needed a pic to go with it to get the ‘feel’ of just how creepy this guy was going to be. ;)
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Thanks for finding my missing ’s’ :D

I really enjoy your writing style. It has a very eloquent tone to it. You’ve created a great setting here and added some nice intrigue at the end.
Sorry, but the editing process helps me so I need to share. You use the word “lay” in two successive sentences, only 5 words apart. Maybe use “placed” in the second paragraph?
Also, you say “held captive from the instrument,” but I think you meant “held captive inside (or by) the instrument.” The instrument is the captor.

Suggestions are always welcome and concidered very helpful. As soon as I edited I realized why I had left the two “lays” in there, character limit. :/ I was anxious to get to the sequel before it flew out my ear (I know, bad visual) and I never went back to correct it. Thanks for reminding me!

Very poetic and mysterious with a nice sense of rhythm to it all. First sentence in second paragraph might benefit from a comma to separate out the clause about closing her eyes. Wound up a bit tricky to read.

Comma added, removed “and.” (I think it works.) Thanks for the input! I am usually a “comma abuser” and am working diligently to correct that. ;)