Friday, December 30, 2011

Musical Memories

Nothing makes ya feel old like seeing a piano and realizing you've been playing it for over 20 years.

I'm so glad my parents encouraged me to start lessons, and discouraged me from ever quitting. Even though I hardly ever practiced - thus I'm not half as good as I should be, for having played so long - I'm grateful for what I can do. It's fun sitting down and going through old music books, playing Christmas songs, accompanying hymns...  And taking advantage of the "player piano" - putting scrolls in there and pretending I'm the awesome pianist. Nothing matches the sound of a good acoustic piano. 
Calling dibs!  Hopefully someday I'll be the one to inherit this old (40+yrs!) piano and my kids will play it too. 


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