I was given an old John Spencer & Co piano the other day. I have always wanted a piano but determined to get one once I had my own house - due to their weight and the hassle involved in moving them. What I didn't realise was the fact that, generally speaking, the older you get the easier it it is to pay people to do all of the dirty work.
Anyway, back to the piano, it is a little rough on the inside, there are a few repairs to be effected and that will give me something to do on those dark, cold winter evenings ???.
It is going to need tuning so that's something else I'll have to learn to do. It could do with a good polishing too and that is something I had better read up upon before b*ggering something up. Going by its serial number it was made in about 1897/8.
I have absolutely no idea how to play it either!! My gran used to play the piano, accompanying the old silent movies, in the cinema 'Before the War' and I'm hoping that it's a genetic gift...
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Anyway, back to the piano, it is a little rough on the inside, there are a few repairs to be effected and that will give me something to do on those dark, cold winter evenings ???.
It is going to need tuning so that's something else I'll have to learn to do. It could do with a good polishing too and that is something I had better read up upon before b*ggering something up. Going by its serial number it was made in about 1897/8.
I have absolutely no idea how to play it either!! My gran used to play the piano, accompanying the old silent movies, in the cinema 'Before the War' and I'm hoping that it's a genetic gift...
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