Sunday, February 19, 2006

Into Minnesota

Yesterday we drove to Park Rapids, MN.


As Donna has mentioned before, one of the challenges of being a travelling pianist is learning to play on lots of different pianos... and piano benches. Pianists come in varying sizes, so often piano benches are adjustable.
Even when piano benches are not "adjustable", they can still be adjusted.









This tour has taught us a lot about American piano makers, most notably Baldwin and Mason & Hamlin, and last night Story & Clark.


After the concert, we bravely ventured out in search of food. (It was optimistic to expect to find something open at 9:30, even on a Saturday, and nobody wants to wander around much searching when it's 0 degrees.) We were pleasantly surprised by The West Forty. Their motto: "Not a half bad place to eat".

1 Comments:

At 10:45 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Is there any significance to the fact that you are using Economics textbooks to gain some height on the piano bench here, whereas rumor has it that you used listings of Boston lawyers to gain some height at a concert you played recently at Boston's Tavern Club? Do I notice some pattern here???

Oliver

 

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