Item from House M.D. by David Shore
The grand piano in House's apartment where he plays at two in the morning when his brain is working on a problem his conscious mind can't solve.
House plays piano the way he diagnoses patients — instinctively, brilliantly, and at socially inappropriate hours. The piano is his thinking tool. When a case isn't resolving and the whiteboard has too many crossed-out possibilities, House goes home and plays. The music isn't for an audience. It's the sound of his subconscious processing information that his conscious mind has given up on. He plays classical, rock, blues — whatever matches the frequency of the problem. The breakthrough often comes mid-chord.
A full-sized grand piano in House's apartment — dark wood, well-maintained despite the general disorder surrounding it. The piano takes up a significant portion of the living space, suggesting that House organized his apartment around it rather than the reverse.
Also known as: The Piano, Grand Piano