In 1962, in the Soviet Union, eight-year-old Katya is bequeathed what will become the love of her life: a Blüthner piano, built at the turn of the century in Germany. Yet after marrying, her husband insists the family emigrate from Russia to America - and loses her piano in the process. Forty years later in California, Clara Lundy an independent car mechanic inherits a Blüthner from her father, but unable to play, she decides to sell it ... The story of two women and the piano that ties their lives together through time and across continents.