They're Everywhere! (Or Ought to Be)

Having lunch at a terrific gallery/restaurant in Savannah, and we look up to see a big old grand piano sitting in the middle of the room. Not being played. Just sitting there. There is even a bench blocking the keyboard. Hmmm...

There is art all around--after all it's a gallery. It's not at all obvious if this piano is playable or is just a massive centerpiece for the funky dining room.

Doesn't matter. The mere presence of a grand piano raises the room's feeling from average to special. It might be played. (Or there may not even be keys in it--who knows? Who cares? It's there!)

Someone found this piano and put it right here. There is such potential that it makes the entire room feel more artsy.Wonder what transformations would take place if it were played?

When you're in Savannah, stop by SoHo South and check out the piano. And the art and food. It all goes together, if you ask me, and the food is just as creative as you'd expect from a room with a mysterious grand piano . . . just quietly sitting there, waiting . . .

More Fun Than a Video Game

Had lunch in a meat-and-three restaurant in Duluth, Georgia the other day. When I looked up---there was a piano on the wall. The wallpaper is composed of old Coca-Cola ads...this one features singing at the piano.

Why would Coke--the best marketer in the world--have created an ad featuring singing at the piano? Because a few decades ago it was very popular. People gathered around the piano and enjoyed singing together.

Funny thing is, they still enjoy it, when they get a chance. There used to be many more sing-a-long jobs for us working pianists than there are today . . .but people enjoy it as much as ever. Now such parties mostly happen at Christmas (because people still know the words to Christmas songs!).

Want to have a good, cheap and fun event? Print up some word sheets and invite some folks over. Sing some songs. It's fun. Sort of like do-it-yourself karaoke. Why not?