notes from elinor: Piano Changes Homes............I Remember

While living at 1779 East Ave in Hayward California,the Bailey family purchased their first piano. Around this wonderful instrument, they built many of their family traditions. Evalyn and Cindy took lessons and played. Ross, their brother, irritated Evalyn by taking to playing the piano like a duck takes to water and he played her songs at five. She bested him by learning to read music like a wiz. Maureen played at this piano and then learned to play at her own.

We had concerts, played as a family band. We sang carols, musicals, Sesame Street, and hymns. God blessed us in so may ways with this piano. It was a player and I can remember children standing on the pedals because they were to short to sit playing Bye Bye Blackbird.

So I was moaning a little to Sally Lampi. Sally rarely suffers fools, so she asked "Do you play the piano?" "No" said I. "Then you've given away a shelf?" Right!

Gary tuned the piano and started to refinish it as you can see. Never happened. He labored with chords, extracting every nuance from each of them. He practiced the Maple Leaf Rag endlessly but his fingers never co-operated.

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What a great piano with such family history! Love seeing Gary sitting on the side with his sax! I was thinking you were going to take the piano to a different home - but I can see it is right there with you! :)

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