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| A pleasant surprise | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 6 2006, 04:36 PM (242 Views) | |
| Mikhailoh | Dec 6 2006, 04:36 PM Post #1 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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I am still at the hospital working, and went to the cafeteria to get something to drink and take a little walk. The cafeteria was deserted, but lo and behold, someone had wheeled in a walnut finish Yamaha grand. It was old, from around 77 according to the plaque, a bit out of tune andthe dampers did not come all teh way down, but I sat there for a good half hour or so, playing some themes from Rach II (themes.. not the real thing), parts of Claire De Lune, Moonlight Sonata and Bach's Toccata in D minor, along with Christmas Time is Here and I Can't Make You Love Me. People came in and out from time to time and listened for a few minutes and moved on.. it was just a delightful surprise after a tough day. I totally relaxed and escaped. |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| apple | Dec 6 2006, 05:04 PM Post #2 |
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one of the angels
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you should take a book of Christmas carols (or holiday tunes if you're that type) and set it on the piano desk. what fun. |
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| Mikhailoh | Dec 6 2006, 05:11 PM Post #3 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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If they leave it here this week I'll definitely bring some sheet music next. It really was fun. |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| TomK | Dec 6 2006, 05:23 PM Post #4 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Sometimes nice thing happen in life for no reason.
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| The 89th Key | Dec 6 2006, 06:07 PM Post #5 |
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Mik, that is really awesome! Good selection of music as well.
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| Frank_W | Dec 6 2006, 06:26 PM Post #6 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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WTG!!
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| kenny | Dec 6 2006, 06:30 PM Post #7 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I love when that kind of thing happens. |
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| 1hp | Dec 6 2006, 06:54 PM Post #8 |
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Fulla-Carp
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Believe the word is serendipitous (though I can never spell it!). Enjoy the piano and cheer other people up at the same time. |
| There are 10 kinds of people in this world, those that understand binary and................ | |
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| Mikhailoh | Dec 7 2006, 05:06 PM Post #9 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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I printed out some sheet music off the archives today.. Pathetique, Moonlight, a few Christmas songs, and went down to play the piano in the cafeteria again tonight. Boy is that a crummy piano. I guess pleasant surprises cannot be recreated.
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| plays88keys | Dec 7 2006, 06:42 PM Post #10 |
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Pisa-Carp
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A crummy piano will do when the other option is no piano. Who knows? Maybe someone will want to join in a duet or something. Enjoy it! |
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| DivaDeb | Dec 7 2006, 06:56 PM Post #11 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I agree Plays, crummy is definitely better than none. I just got back from Dallas, found a truly bad sounding Stegler sitting in a vacant hotel ballroom and worked out some of my travel hostility. It was magic even if it sounded like hell. |
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| Mikhailoh | Dec 7 2006, 06:59 PM Post #12 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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It was magic last night. Tonight it was an out of tune, out of regulation GH1. |
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