a question for PIANO PLAYERS and/or TEACHERS

Nine dampers remain, said the younger, and an equal number of hammers.
Not corresponding, I hope, said the elder.
In one case, said the younger.
The elder had nothing to say to this.
The strings are in flitters, said the younger.
The elder had nothing to say to this either.
The piano is doomed, in my opinion, said the younger.
The piano-tuner also, said the elder.
The pianist also, said the younger.

pleasant cultural update on this story: the piano that had the adventure is currently doing service as a practice instrument for contestants in the hastings international piano competition, which is nice for everyone

(i mean the contestants have been playing it in my sister's house for the last few days, final is fri-sat) (they are all literally a trillion times better than anyone in my family ever was)

ok so i am grabbing this space in all our lives to get back in shape maybe

i: check with downstairs neighbour he doesn't mind sound of piano now and then -- he is fine with and says he likes it
ii: dispense with scales etc so as not to encroach on that
iii: choose pieces i need to polish (out of ones i have already worked on, so not just hours sight-reading badly)
iv: but also think thru my project to work on improvisation

front and centre of three is first movement beethoven sonata op10 no1 ("a la comtesse brown") which is not particularly technically demanding but has a bunch of minor moments i can v easily fuck up. i am not a huge beethoven fan, but when i told my teacher this lol he set me this piece. he is less than half my age and much too indulgent of how rubbish i often am but good to talk to abt weird bullshit that goes on in many musicians' heads (which i always assumed was just me and was why i "wasn't actually musical". he says i am. i say hmmm to that.)

I know that movement really well (as a listener), one of my favorite early Beethoven movements

my son is trying to learn “dance monkey”

also by beethoven iirc