Bringer of bad luck ultimately avoided carrying a new piano (6)
I believe the answer is:
joanna
'piano' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'bringer of bad luck ultimately avoided carrying a new' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found in the answer.
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is located in the answer.
'new' could be 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament) and 'n' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for joanna that I've seen before include "east end piano" , "Piano (rhyming slang)" , "One's played" , "Girl's name, piano" .)