Comments on: Montgomery City District http://www.streetpianos.com/cincinnati2010 Thu, 30 Dec 2010 02:28:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dale Johnson http://www.streetpianos.com/cincinnati2010/pianos/montgomery-city-district#comment-885 Dale Johnson Fri, 17 Sep 2010 10:27:46 +0000 http://www.streetpianos.com/cincinnati2010/?page_id=1207#comment-885 Played this one one last time this morning. It was the first I played when they came out, and regrettably, will also be the last. I really enjoyed this piano and it's location. Good spot to draw a crowd. Keys are sticking.... DJ Played this one one last time this morning. It was the first I played when they came out, and regrettably, will also be the last.
I really enjoyed this piano and it’s location. Good spot to draw a crowd.

Keys are sticking….

DJ

]]> By: Dale Johnson http://www.streetpianos.com/cincinnati2010/pianos/montgomery-city-district#comment-857 Dale Johnson Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:19:22 +0000 http://www.streetpianos.com/cincinnati2010/?page_id=1207#comment-857 Bad news. I stopped by after work to play this one yesterday and (for the first time) I found keys sticking/not striking. I think it needs some TLC. I was really shocked, because, though I could tell there was some kind of hammer-alignment problem in the low end, I hadn't experienced keys failing more or less consistently on this one; my fave of the lot for location & condition. The lowest D flat, and 2 F's below middle c... HELP! DJ Bad news. I stopped by after work to play this one yesterday and (for the first time) I found keys sticking/not striking.

I think it needs some TLC. I was really shocked, because, though I could tell there was some kind of hammer-alignment problem in the low end, I hadn’t experienced keys failing more or less consistently on this one; my fave of the lot for location & condition.

The lowest D flat, and 2 F’s below middle c…

HELP!

DJ

]]> By: Dale Johnson http://www.streetpianos.com/cincinnati2010/pianos/montgomery-city-district#comment-831 Dale Johnson Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:56:55 +0000 http://www.streetpianos.com/cincinnati2010/?page_id=1207#comment-831 Got back yesterday afternoon. I drew a small crowd with a piano transcription of Bruckner's Symphony 6 in A major... Played a bunch of other great music, and jammed. Great way to wind down after work! The low end needs work. The tuning is a bit off and some very low key are striking weirdly... The high end sounds GREAT, and is pretty well tuned, too. Thanks to the piano technicians everywhere!! You make this so more viable with your good work. DJ Got back yesterday afternoon. I drew a small crowd with a piano transcription of Bruckner’s Symphony 6 in A major…

Played a bunch of other great music, and jammed. Great way to wind down after work!

The low end needs work. The tuning is a bit off and some very low key are striking weirdly…

The high end sounds GREAT, and is pretty well tuned, too.

Thanks to the piano technicians everywhere!! You make this so more viable with your good work.

DJ

]]> By: Dale Johnson http://www.streetpianos.com/cincinnati2010/pianos/montgomery-city-district#comment-829 Dale Johnson Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:45:30 +0000 http://www.streetpianos.com/cincinnati2010/?page_id=1207#comment-829 Heading back here today about 1:30 PM... DJ Heading back here today about 1:30 PM…

DJ

]]> By: Heather http://www.streetpianos.com/cincinnati2010/pianos/montgomery-city-district#comment-805 Heather Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:42:03 +0000 http://www.streetpianos.com/cincinnati2010/?page_id=1207#comment-805 I think this piano had one of the best spots! Wow! I've seen a few pictures of people with "Play Me, I'm Yours" shirts. Are those available to buy somewhere? <!-- image_comment_id: 622 --> I think this piano had one of the best spots! Wow!

I’ve seen a few pictures of people with “Play Me, I’m Yours” shirts. Are those available to buy somewhere?

]]> By: Chris Lerner &his sister http://www.streetpianos.com/cincinnati2010/pianos/montgomery-city-district#comment-774 Chris Lerner &his sister Sat, 28 Aug 2010 22:52:38 +0000 http://www.streetpianos.com/cincinnati2010/?page_id=1207#comment-774 I (chris lerner on the left side) love comeing to this piano! Its amazing and very nice place for it! Its so claming and its nice for people walking by. i wish this would stay there for ever! I love it and i love piano! Play me i'm yours is the best thing for Cincinnati! <!-- image_comment_id: 595 --> I (chris lerner on the left side) love comeing to this piano! Its amazing and very nice place for it! Its so claming and its nice for people walking by. i wish this would stay there for ever! I love it and i love piano! Play me i’m yours is the best thing for Cincinnati!

]]> By: Sharon Down http://www.streetpianos.com/cincinnati2010/pianos/montgomery-city-district#comment-749 Sharon Down Sat, 28 Aug 2010 02:38:38 +0000 http://www.streetpianos.com/cincinnati2010/?page_id=1207#comment-749 I don't know why I don't have a shot of my actually playing this one. Oh wait I do-- my son was getting bored with all this playing, and was busy taking lovely shots of everything else in Parrott Alley instead. I have lots of flower photos in iPhoto for this date. The piano itself was not in great shape the day we went out on this trip-- but I note in the comments that others have liked it, so I may try to hit it again since it's on extended play. This was taken on 8-22-10. <!-- image_comment_id: 576 --> I don’t know why I don’t have a shot of my actually playing this one. Oh wait I do– my son was getting bored with all this playing, and was busy taking lovely shots of everything else in Parrott Alley instead. I have lots of flower photos in iPhoto for this date. The piano itself was not in great shape the day we went out on this trip– but I note in the comments that others have liked it, so I may try to hit it again since it’s on extended play.

This was taken on 8-22-10.

]]> By: Dale Johnson http://www.streetpianos.com/cincinnati2010/pianos/montgomery-city-district#comment-631 Dale Johnson Thu, 26 Aug 2010 01:05:55 +0000 http://www.streetpianos.com/cincinnati2010/?page_id=1207#comment-631 I had to come back to this one after vacation. So nice to see it looking and sounding so fine! I had a blast playing, and met another musician Bryan, and we played some inprompu blues duet which was quite fun. If these pianos were around all the time, I bet people'd be getting a lot of new ensembles together--and sharing so much more music! I just love the keys on this one; they are just prisine compared to many of the others, and I dig the sound in the alley. That sounds beatnik... DJ I had to come back to this one after vacation. So nice to see it looking and sounding so fine!

I had a blast playing, and met another musician Bryan, and we played some inprompu blues duet which was quite fun.

If these pianos were around all the time, I bet people’d be getting a lot of new ensembles together–and sharing so much more music!

I just love the keys on this one; they are just prisine compared to many of the others, and I dig the sound in the alley.

That sounds beatnik…

DJ

]]> By: Jeremy Stevenson http://www.streetpianos.com/cincinnati2010/pianos/montgomery-city-district#comment-442 Jeremy Stevenson Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:45:26 +0000 http://www.streetpianos.com/cincinnati2010/?page_id=1207#comment-442 Susan and I about to sing some show tunes together at the Montgomery location. I sang "Edelweiss" from "The Sound of Music"...I told her I would try to do my best Christopher Plummer impression. <!-- image_comment_id: 350 --> Susan and I about to sing some show tunes together at the Montgomery location. I sang “Edelweiss” from “The Sound of Music”…I told her I would try to do my best Christopher Plummer impression.

]]> By: Jeremy Stevenson http://www.streetpianos.com/cincinnati2010/pianos/montgomery-city-district#comment-438 Jeremy Stevenson Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:35:10 +0000 http://www.streetpianos.com/cincinnati2010/?page_id=1207#comment-438 Ninth location visited- historic downtown Montgomery in Parrot Alley (directly across the Starbucks on Montgomery Road). This one took me by surprise...I was there for well over an hour, and made two new friends, Susan and Peg. Peg is in the background with her dog, Annie. These were just the nicest people you could imagine! Peg called up the Montgomery City Manager on the phone and held the phone in my direction as I was playing- she wanted there to be a public piano in Montgomery year round! For awhile it was just the three of us and the dog, but soon more people showed up, and I had some great conversations and watched others play as well. A car driving down Montgomery Road stopped and yelled out the window, "Hey, remember us? We saw you last night at the Jewish Community Center!" Hahaha...this is TRULY what this whole project is about. <!-- image_comment_id: 345 --> Ninth location visited- historic downtown Montgomery in Parrot Alley (directly across the Starbucks on Montgomery Road). This one took me by surprise…I was there for well over an hour, and made two new friends, Susan and Peg. Peg is in the background with her dog, Annie. These were just the nicest people you could imagine! Peg called up the Montgomery City Manager on the phone and held the phone in my direction as I was playing- she wanted there to be a public piano in Montgomery year round! For awhile it was just the three of us and the dog, but soon more people showed up, and I had some great conversations and watched others play as well. A car driving down Montgomery Road stopped and yelled out the window, “Hey, remember us? We saw you last night at the Jewish Community Center!” Hahaha…this is TRULY what this whole project is about.

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