Comments on: The Monument http://www.streetpianos.com/london2010 Sun, 08 Aug 2010 22:34:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Denis Fernando http://www.streetpianos.com/london2010/pianos/the-monument#comment-2038 Denis Fernando Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:01:18 +0000 http://www.streetpianos.com/london2010/?page_id=546#comment-2038 stunning location - shame the piano has quite a few dud notes - would have been great if the sustain pedal worked as it would ring out across the square. still, got some applause from the people sitting around it when I played my music www.myspace.com/redacablesunday www.youtube.com/redcablesunday <!-- image_comment_id: 1109 --> stunning location – shame the piano has quite a few dud notes – would have been great if the sustain pedal worked as it would ring out across the square.

still, got some applause from the people sitting around it when I played my music

http://www.myspace.com/redacablesunday
http://www.youtube.com/redcablesunday

]]> By: laura http://www.streetpianos.com/london2010/pianos/the-monument#comment-2031 laura Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:42:26 +0000 http://www.streetpianos.com/london2010/?page_id=546#comment-2031 this one is hardly playable, very bashed about now :( this one is hardly playable, very bashed about now :(

]]> By: Sue http://www.streetpianos.com/london2010/pianos/the-monument#comment-1973 Sue Sat, 03 Jul 2010 19:45:31 +0000 http://www.streetpianos.com/london2010/?page_id=546#comment-1973 I play "Jesu, joy of man's desiring" in one of two keys (?is that the word?) When I play the Monument piano, I have to think where to start playing it, to try to avoid the notes I can't get to work. When playing from my music books, I sometimes play an octave down for the same reason, but then I change for fear people may think I don't know where middle C is. I love playing the Monument piano - it had been knocked over last weekend, but is now upright again. I play “Jesu, joy of man’s desiring” in one of two keys (?is that the word?) When I play the Monument piano, I have to think where to start playing it, to try to avoid the notes I can’t get to work. When playing from my music books, I sometimes play an octave down for the same reason, but then I change for fear people may think I don’t know where middle C is. I love playing the Monument piano – it had been knocked over last weekend, but is now upright again.

]]> By: Maurice Ticulous http://www.streetpianos.com/london2010/pianos/the-monument#comment-1965 Maurice Ticulous Sat, 03 Jul 2010 10:12:45 +0000 http://www.streetpianos.com/london2010/?page_id=546#comment-1965 Trevor Crafer plays his blues classic 'Blues like this' <!-- video_comment_id: 333 --> Trevor Crafer plays his blues classic ‘Blues like this’

]]> By: Zenobie http://www.streetpianos.com/london2010/pianos/the-monument#comment-1936 Zenobie Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:02:02 +0000 http://www.streetpianos.com/london2010/?page_id=546#comment-1936 A French student playing comptine dun autre été on Sunday the 27th of June <!-- image_comment_id: 1075 --> A French student playing comptine dun autre été on Sunday the 27th of June

]]> By: pianoman http://www.streetpianos.com/london2010/pianos/the-monument#comment-1926 pianoman Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:10:52 +0000 http://www.streetpianos.com/london2010/?page_id=546#comment-1926 A passer-by playing on one of London street pianos at the foot of The Monument. <!-- video_comment_id: 323 --> A passer-by playing on one of London street pianos at the foot of The Monument.

]]> By: Katherine S http://www.streetpianos.com/london2010/pianos/the-monument#comment-1871 Katherine S Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:09:51 +0000 http://www.streetpianos.com/london2010/?page_id=546#comment-1871 Day 1, Piano 1 - It was a brisk walk in the sunshine to get to this piano. It's beautifully located, in a lovely wide square and the Monument to look up at. There seemed to have been a bunch of chairs arranged in a big semi-circle around the piano? Some of those chairs had been turned around by the office workers in the area so that they could sit together, but there still seemed to be a sort of audience-space around the piano. It was potentially a little intimidating, but I just put my wobbly, unpractised fingers to the keys and had a play. It's a lovely piano - unlike some of the rest, the pedal works fine, the action of the keys is fine and the sound has a lot of weight. I spent a good 20 mins, so if anyone was hanging around waiting for a go, I'm so sorry, you should have kicked me off! Apologies to anyone out having their lunch in the sunshine that was forced to listen to me stumbling through. :) Day 1, Piano 1 – It was a brisk walk in the sunshine to get to this piano.
It’s beautifully located, in a lovely wide square and the Monument to look up at.

There seemed to have been a bunch of chairs arranged in a big semi-circle around the piano? Some of those chairs had been turned around by the office workers in the area so that they could sit together, but there still seemed to be a sort of audience-space around the piano. It was potentially a little intimidating, but I just put my wobbly, unpractised fingers to the keys and had a play.

It’s a lovely piano – unlike some of the rest, the pedal works fine, the action of the keys is fine and the sound has a lot of weight.
I spent a good 20 mins, so if anyone was hanging around waiting for a go, I’m so sorry, you should have kicked me off!

Apologies to anyone out having their lunch in the sunshine that was forced to listen to me stumbling through. :)

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