Pianos in City of London:

Pianos in London:

Carnaby Street

Location: Carnaby Street (outside Leon’s Restaurant), W1F 7JE
Free to play 8am-10pm. Locked at night.

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67 stories & pictures about “Carnaby Street”

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  1. kev p   // Jul 9, 2009 at 10:45 pm
    fabulous :
  2. kev p   // Jul 9, 2009 at 10:02 pm
    picture helps !
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  3. kev p   // Jul 9, 2009 at 10:00 pm
    this is William

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/tristanf/3701011595/
  4. Rachael   // Jul 9, 2009 at 9:36 pm
    It's a shame some people have moaned about this beautiful instrument. I've just spent a couple of days in London for my birthday, and when I came across this piano earlier in Carnaby Street, it really made me smile. As a piano player I think the idea is wonderful. I understand it might be an "annoyance", but then its only temporary and it's bringing joy to a city whereby lots of people frown... so appreciate the piano and the music!
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  5. Katherine   // Jul 9, 2009 at 10:04 am
    What project, art work, idea or creative product doesn't get its critics?
    For all the people that complain, or suffer in silence, there are many others that are amused, bemused, charmed, delighted, ecstatic, intellectually and/or emotionally moved.

    The pianos have a short street life, so the critics can wait out the remaining 5 days. The rest of us will continue to enjoy, many will mourn for them when they are gone, and the memories will last longer than the 3 weeks.

    I'm loving racing around trying to get to all of the pianos (12 down, 17 to go as at 10:59am Thursday). I'm enjoying it even more than I did at Sydney earlier this year, because as a new arrival to these not-so-sunny shores, it's been such an incredible way to discover places in London that I may not have had reason to go to otherwise.
    More importantly London's 'Play me I'm yours' seems to be even more effective in getting people to interact than the Sydney project. I think this is partly because of the larger numbers of people moving through London, and partly because so many musicians in London have embraced the presence of the pianos.

    [I do miss having friends with me to sing the entire score of Carmina Burana with but oh well!]

    Bring on Birmingham and next year. :)

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