The mother and daughter combination of Lela Hoover Ward and Ruth Ward Farrell worked on piano tutor books as composer and illustrator.

John Thompson wrote and published many tutor books.

Michael Aaron Piano Course Grade 2

Recently I located a copy of Tobias Matthay’s book “How do you do Mr. Piano?’ Book 1 at a second-hand book shop in Auckland.

Mathilde Bilbro was considered to have helped revolutionise the way in which the learning of piano was taught.

This book was published in 1935 and on the first page it states that the book is for pre-school beginners or youngsters of any age.

This book copyrighted in 1935 is advertised as a beginners’ book, specifically planned for children of pre-school age.

This tutor book, written by Walter Rolfe which was published in New Zealand by Charles Begg and Co.

Since these tutor books were published in 1996, I have used them on a regular basis.