July 28, 2011
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How many people do you know
have a piano on its side in their front yard?
Years ago my kids wanted to take piano lessons. Their grandfather had given them an electronic keyboard for Christmas so we thought there was really no reason not to find a teacher and let the piano playing begin. Several months into lessons their teacher expressed a need for them to eventually have a piano with a full keyboard if it was within our means. In other words, they were going to outgrow the electronic keyboard. Let the praying commence! We prayed and prayed for a piano to come along that we could afford.
That next summer the neighbors put out a for sale sign on their house and had a big garage sale. Bingo! the prayers were answered. They had a piano for sale, it was affordable, and it was close so there would be little trouble moving it.
Long story short, that was our first piano. The tuner pronounced it a good instrument for kids, don’t put any money into it and start praying for another one. Our third piano is now sitting on the burn pile after having served the piano students well. MK is back to the electronic keyboard and we are praying for the means to procure her a piano worth her talent.
RIP loyal and sturdy instrument that served well.
Comments (4)
Good luck!
That’s a big piano. Too bad it’s not worth restoring; those big harps have such a nice big sound. I bought an old upright at a garage sale for $180, put $200 into getting it tuned, and the tuner says it’s worth $1000-1500. Now I need to learn to play it… My girls play sometimes on Sundays.
@Roadkill_Spatula - That one was so full of dry rot the tuner told us to let the kids play on it until it fell apart standing there. It cost us nothing to acquire and nothing to use but it gave it’s all and then some.
We had empty toilets filled with flowers lining our yard.