I took lessons for about 3yrs, as a kid. Then, at about 9yrs old, my teacher gave me a piece to work on - and I HATED it. I grudgingly worked at it for a couple weeks, because my mom forced me to. But, then I asked my instructor for a different one. She asked if it was too hard, so I played it for her, and she decided it wasn't too hard, at all (very easy, in fact), and finally believed that I just really, really hated that song. It was the theme song for a sappy, sad romantic movie. I was NINE.
I took my new and much more difficult piece home, and began practicing, and my mom wanted to know where the other music went. I told her. She canceled my next lesson, and sold my piano. Apparently, it was her favorite song, and she was a tad miffed.🤔
I've had a couple other pianos (both found on freecycle.com, one in the Chicago 'burbs, the other in south central Kentucky), as an adult, but between homeschooling my kids, going to university, and working, I never had time to really get to it properly, and both pianos had to be left behind, when we moved. My youngest daughter is musically gifted, and her heart broke both times we had to part with them, too. I never gave up my music books, though, because where there is love, hope springs eternal!
Today, my friend/ our church choir director gave me one of his pianos! He offered it to me all the way back in January, but the weather kept causing problems. Today, I rented a moving truck, and John, our friend, another friend of his, and I all got down to it, and moved it into our living room. Unfortunately, our friend has to move to the desert, for health issues, so it was great that the weather and all our schedules finally opened up. Tomorrow, I'm pulling out my box of music - including the books I had planned on teaching myself and my kids from, and I'm going to start relearning how to play the piano - 54 yrs after watching a couple guys taking my first piano away. And, who knows. Maybe I'll even play the theme from Love Story, for Mom.
(P.s. - yes, that's a propane heater on the wall, but no worries, it's been disconnected, for years)
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It's simple. But, it's mine, and I love it!
"The only thing...more expensive than education is ignorance."~Ben Franklin. "We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light." ~ Plato
Gravity is a harsh mistress. But this tiny ad is pretty easy to deal with:
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