Confessions of a Piano Dork

[hobgoblinn]

The big day is finally here! More to the point, the Pianos are here! Luke Jerram's public art installation, "Play me, I'm Yours" has come to Cincinnati. Here's a link.

My ambition since I first began hearing about this last month (on the local NPR stations, incessantly) was to play ALL the pianos set up all over town. Looking over the locations now, I may have to cough up the money for a ticket to a Reds game to get to that one, as it's inside the ballpark. But all the rest look fairly accessible.

I hit three today, all within a block of my work. I should be able to get the ones in Downtown and Northern Kentucky by the end of the week. Then the road trips will begin.

And yes, I am still writing on my HP stories, too. I'm not neglecting them while I play with the shiny new pianos.....

Wish me luck. I have until August 27 on most of them, and into September on the rest.

Update: there are 35 up until the 27th, and another 7 from then until September 17th.

Comments

[clavally.livejournal.com]

There must be something in the air this week. My step-sister just insisted I watch the original version of "Auntie Mame" just for the quote, "Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death." Making it a goal to play on every piano, in my mind, fits in with the whole "living life to the fullest" moral of the story. Let us know how that goes, it sounds fun!

[bardiphouka.livejournal.com]

I was watching one of the local crazies play on the Square. Horrible ruckus but the look of euphoria on his face make me glad the pianos are there.

Confessions of a Piano Dork

[xander-p.livejournal.com]

If you're going to play, I say record it. Have someone close by with a video camera, or at the very least, a still camera, that way you have a way to remember you did it.