Comments on: Stone St

By: Emily Energy

Emily Energy — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 01:37:26 +0000

7/4/10–Day 5, 2nd piano (around 5:10 p.m.) We started today’s “piano tour” late but the sun and heat was still very exhausting. Lovely cobblestone street and piano.

By: Ann

Ann — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:18:28 +0000

Albert Cardone, 9, of Staten Island liked this piano because it was really high, liked the cobblestone streets and the people were nice.

By: Sandy Santra

Sandy Santra — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:43:18 +0000

“Play Me, I’m Yours” was a dream come true for me: playing piano on the streets of New York in just about every location imaginable. I can’t thank Luke Jerram, sing for hope, and all the volunteers enough for pulling off this special event. It was amazing to see so many pianists come out and play, and especially touching to hear so many gifted and talented children step up to what is a very challenging instrument (and play it in public on one of the world’s biggest stages).

In the beginning, I set out to play all five boroughs, but soon realized my day job wouldn’t easily accommodate all the travel and logistics involved. So I reset my sights instead on playing every available Manhattan piano (and a few in Brooklyn and Queens). By the end of two weeks I had achieved my goal.

My pieces are all improvisations, so playing on the streets of New York allowed me to share my spontaneous, energetic music with a city whose rhythms and tones have informed and influenced my music for years. The chance to publicly give back to a city whose people, music, and spirit have brought me joy for decades was the opportunity of a lifetime. Thanks for watching and listening.

From the heart,

Sandy Santra

By: pianoman

pianoman — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:07:14 +0000

golden sunset

By: MaDDan

MaDDan — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:44:41 +0000

found this piano purely by accident was checking the futbol game and ooh there’s another piano…don’t mind if i do…my team was losing anyway…ha ha ha

By: MaDDan

MaDDan — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:52:04 +0000

this cat didn’t let a little thing like a futbol game distract him as he laid down a wicked contrapuntal original…nice nice and the guard seem to dig it too…

By: Vadim Ghin

Vadim Ghin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:42:22 +0000

Please visit http://www.theNYCminute.com to view a montage of Chopin’s Minute Waltz played by Vadim Ghin on all the street pianos from “Play Me I’m Yours – NYC 2010″

By: Dan Paul Roberts

Dan Paul Roberts — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 22:14:54 +0000

I just love this project! I’m so glad I got a chance to participate. There is nothing I enjoy more than getting to play a real upright piano. This has been one of my favorite public projects I’ve experienced since moving to New York 2 years ago. Thank you!

Dan Paul
itunes.com/danpaul

By: David from Brighton

David from Brighton — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 03:26:33 +0000

It’s Monday afternoon 6/28 and I am on my lunch hour (1.45 pm) and the piano is free. Not much time but time enough to play Friend #10 and jump into some Simon & Garfunkel playing my favorite of their works “Poem on the Underground Wall.”

By: Megan

Megan — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 01:47:45 +0000

Stone St. was packed with people for happy hour… i was really surprised that no one was playing, but I took some pics anyway. Enjoy!