Wagner was a famously bad pianist. Almost as bad as Berlioz who could hardly play it at all, and worked out his pieces at the guitar (which some say accounts for their sometimes wonky harmonies).

It is an award any school would covet. Karen Wagner High School just won a $10,000 hybrid grand piano from the VH1 Save the Music program, Kids+Keys. During a Sept. 20 ceremony at the school, about 30 ...