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Originally posted by lilylady: AHA! Piano Keys!!!

Yes, its really very clever isn't it, I only noticed this play on words when I zoomed in and looked closely at the picture.

The "Leopard Lounge" piano painted by Janet Wold.

I'm glad you're back, Brian. I was worried...

Here's a video of the pianos I take care of at the Shout House in use: clicky

Brian, I hope you and yours are fairing okay in the face of the Christchurch earthquake.

Making a Piano is fun
The video was shot in Christchurch, but I wonder now if it has been flattened by the devastating earthquake or not - I live 15hrs drive time away, so OperaTenor, I am safe and so is my Imperial, but sadly cases like the CTV building bring the reality home, I believe there are 100 people lost in there...
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/n...=1&objectid=10708360
We added rubber bands to every key so they actually worked. The lid is made from all the panels of the old upright.
See it in action in the final video:
http://www.gorillapictures.co....dave-wallace-broken/

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Originally posted by OperaTenor:
I'm glad you're back, Brian. I was worried...

Yes - I have been hosting Adrian Mann the famous builder of the Alexander 6m (18ft6in) Grand Piano at my place, so understandably, a little distracted!

Check out his youtube site again!
http://www.youtube.com/thealexanderpiano

Playin' the cool piano

Mambo Kings Sings Songs of Love - by Cheri O'Brien

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Originally posted by OperaTenor:
Here's a video of the pianos I take care of at the Shout House in use: clicky

Membership site...

Michael Parekowhai represents New Zealand at the 54th Venice Biennale
http://magazine.saatchionline....54th-venice-biennale

As the title of Michael Parekowhai’s major new sculpture, The Horn of Africa is also a Steinway concert grand piano balancing on the nose of a seal. A metaphor for civilization and a pop-cultural totem of the New Zealand nation is being toyed with...
http://fer1972.tumblr.com/post...rekowhai-the-horn-of
http://www.e-flux.com/announce...4th-venice-biennale/
http://www.e-flux.com/announce...4th-venice-biennale/

Fazioli's Piano Cruiser
What the heck is a piano cruiser? Don't even both asking Captain Stubing for permission to come aboard because no one is cool enough to come aboard the piano cruiser.
http://operachic.typepad.com/o...rtes-piano-boat.html

Silent Piano - - Can anyone here identify this piano sitting in the vaults of our City Museum?
Chances are there is an entire orchestra lurking in the museum’s storage areas. Alas, like us, many of those beautiful instruments are now too old or delicate to be played. I came all the way from England many years ago, only to find myself packed away and never played. Such a sad story…

Playing on a grand piano