Posted on 08/02/2020 6:42:38 AM PDT by rktman
Unattended pianos in public places are magnetic. Whether it’s an artistically painted piano sitting on a city sidewalk, a standard upright at a school or a grand in a ritzy hotel, the instrument calls to people.
In many cases, the people drawn to the keys sadly have little skill, but occasionally someone who clearly knows what they’re doing will show up and answer the siren song of the waiting piano.
On Saturday, July 11, it was a small model waiting patiently for a new owner at “ReMARKable Cleanouts,” an antique store and auction house in Norwood, Massachusetts, that grabbed the attention of a young man.
John Thomas Archer, a 23-year-old self-taught musician and graphic design student at Northeastern University, asked permission to play. Permission was granted, and he sat down and charmed the other customers with a classic.
Waters was ready to donate a Steinway to Archer if he came back and could confirm he had a place to put one. A few days later, Archer reconnected with the store, and magic was born.
“He went into tears and it brought tears to my eyes,” Waters said of Archer’s response to his offer. “It was one of those feel-good moments.”
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I always think of Laurel and Hardy’s classic film, “The Music Box”, as they try to move a piano up a huge flight of stairs. It’s on youtube, I think!!!
There is a Silent Movie with Laurel & Hardy called
“The Music Box”. It’s beyond hilarious.
Director Hal Roach had L&H try to deliver a piano by carrying it up a steep flight of stairs. It was filmed in Los Angeles, near Hollywood. This shows the worst case scenario for any one planning to deliver a piano.
Moved one baby grand with a school friend when his family moved a few blocks in our small town. It was ungainly & awkward but pure teenage bullheadedness overcame the challenges. So glad both locations were ground floor.
Wanna hear some racism? I went into a gun store the other day and lovingly caressed a beautiful minty pre-64 Winchester 30-30. I told the owner all about it’s history. I glanced at the serial number and told him when it was produced within a year or two without even looking it up! I told him my woman is so nice to me that she’d be happy for me to hold it in my hands and aim at the screen sometimes while I watched Bonanza reruns.
Bastard didn’t gift it to me. I suspect it is because I am white and let it slip that I was in a relationship with a woman.
Damned lowlife...
That’s nice.
Thank you Gator. I have heard very nice things about you as well.
Oh, wait... You meant the music. NEVERMIND.
You are still a very nice person anyway. :)
LOL, thanks.
I believe I mailed you how to post pictures here some time ago.
You did. I still have not figured it out.
I can go to a computer store and buy all the parts I need to build a computer from scratch, all in less than 5 hours (that includes travel time to and from the store), but I cannot for the life of me post pictures.
Always beautiful to hear.
When I got my new cell phone, I considered having this melody as my ringtone. Trouble was, once it starts climbing the scales, I want to hear the whole piece. That’s just not practical for a little ringtone.
My friend and I took one out of and old apartment building.
The doorway out was very narrow.
We stood the upright on end on to a piano cart.
Standing upright, we had to turn the piano board out through the doorway
Used pianos have little resale value. I had an experience very similar to your, beautiful carved oak upright. I literally couldn’t give it away when we were moving. I was going to break it up but finally the buyer agreed to accept it for free
Bach's keyboard, either harpsichord or clavichord, was four octaves plus one note--C to C.
That's 49 keys.
The second book of the Well-Tempered Clavier goes down a further minor third to A below the former lowest C, making 52 keys.
The C major Preludde from book one of the Well-Tempered Clavier uses the same figure twice in each bar (not 'phrase').
I appreciate the corrections. I learn something new.
You have a good understanding of what Bach was trying to demonstrate. What was the intent of his lesson.
Nice buy!
Are you familiar with ‘Dimash Kudaibergen’? if you have not heard or seen one of his concert performances you’re missing an opportunity of a lifetime. You can find him on Youtube.
He’s in a league all his own for he sings the complete range and beyond the piano keys effortlessly,... He’s taken the entire International Communities of fine arts and beyond by storm. All composers at at every level of the music industry wrldwide want to work with him. He leaves first time professional listners dumb struck every time. The power and control of his vocals in unmatched. And he’s fully engaged with his performance...owns the stage.
I’ve been fortunate to have heard him when he first entered the stage competing with Nationally well known and seasoned artists in China. He was introduced basically as the ‘wild card’ especially since he was barely 21 yrs. old ....to say he’s a master at his craft is an understatement. Sings classical to pop and never misses.
The great Russian composer Igor Krutoy has been working with him for the last year or so, once he got wind of him. Now good friends as well.
Here’s his China Competiton performance that was spread around the world which brought him the fame he now enjoys.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEz1qGS0T1Q
Dimash Kudaibergen & Igor Krutoy - Olimpico
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkPS6t84qg4
Dimash is quite impressive. His vocal range and style. His variety of
voices. I may not be using the right term. I enjoyed the second film a bit more than the first. Volume is muffled in first half of the first video. It takes a moment to get used to his high pitch. That pitch is not really a falsetto, but more another developed octave. It really sounds like a soprano or more properly, a countertenor.
He has power in each of his voices. Dimash is an experienced performer, and works well with the stage craft. A bonus is watching the audience’s facial expressions as they react to his performance.
We watched the same stuff.
Laurel and Hardy won an Oscar for that comedy short. 1930’s. Should have listed the piano as a costar. LOL!
That was very nice, Thanks for suggesting.
You’re quite welcome.
Eventually, you can introduce that piece to someone as well.
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