She might be old
The sheet music holder broken
A couple of keys out of whack
Her tone a bit askew
But these aging fingers remember the feel of her shiny keys
From when my hands were small
In Tune With Herself
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The Roaring Twenties
A party Tailored to celebrate my 1917 Parlor Grand Steinway around ten years ago. (Me in the middle)
A “Repurpose” for a Peculiar Gem
I didn’t know about these gems until I took piano lessons a while back. After my teacher refurbished her piano, she gave me the piano guts she would never need again. But I needed these beautiful wooden treasures that made a piano work. I took an entire box then pondered what to do with them–the action/repetitions inside a piano.
To see them in a cool, animated action watch this.
Anyway, from them, I made “The Painter”
Note: This is why I’m a packrat, damnit, and I’m sticking to it!! 🙂
What will the neighbors think?!!
The virtuous Meta, misled to the wrong “boarding house,” has been offered a job. A the bordello!
Smiles, genuine and kind, surrounded me. Never in my life had I met others who so easily accepted a bookworm like myself and appreciated my talent as a pianist. I was a grown woman capable of making independent decisions. Besides, I came here to Discover a world full of new possibilities.
I swallowed my apprehension, hoping I wasn’t about to make a grave mistake. The brothel madam continued smiling, her expression framed with hope.
I unhinged the teeth biting my tongue. “Do you think we could have the piano tuned?”
From The Last Bordello.
When music is gone
The Notes Sadly Vanish
Oh, how the music drew me once
a cadence with my own
the perfect pitch, the unison,
the harmony of tone.
But change of keys, a sharper chord
A melody postponed
That left behind a requiem
of death from whence it’s grown
A find after the find- Priceless!
Yesterday, while looking for something else, I found a poem I had written to celebrate my new-old parlor grand Steinway. Today, serendipitously or not, I received a FB post from a friend who remembered the party and sent me this picture! The party was 16 years ago so I’m a few years older now. 🙂
left to right: two of our friends, me in center, my hubby, and Will, our fabulous pianist for the evening. He is also the one who rented the Rolls Royce for picture taking.
Carolyn Dennis-Willingham 