Posted on 05/17/2009 5:13:38 PM PDT by LibWhacker
They were once a symbol of success and a love of music.
Giovanni Lovatelli and his family lucked into a long-term loan of a 1948 baby grand piano when a friend moved to New York years ago. Five-year-old Giacomo began taking lessons, practicing diligently for a year or so.
"We had to keep pushing a little bit," Lovatelli said, adding that he promised a basketball hoop if his son persevered through his teacher's recital.
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It does NOT feel like a full-size Steinway.
I did not lean on him to take up piano, he wanted to do it. If such was not the case, I don't think it would be worth the effort. You have guessed correctly that it does help a lot if there are other musicians in the family.
His idea when he was little. And then we forced him. Just kidding. There was a time when he was less enthusiastic about it but he has always been a child that puts his efforts into what he is doing or supposed to be doing.
It helped that Grandma watched him for an hour or so every day after school and that the piano was at her house at the time. (It belongs to my wife, but it remained at her parents' house until we had our house and the living room was done.)
If you close your eyes you'd swear you were playing an acoustic grand.
(My baby.)
You mean “MY Piano”
This was news a generation or so ago. Sometime in the 70s or 80s pianos got a lot harder to find in living rooms.
YES YOUR PIANO!
When we built our last house, we specifically designed the layout for a room that hosts our Kawai Grand.
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