sweet mother of music

we got a piano!

happy birthday and merry christmas to me, i got a stinking beautiful piano off of craigslist, and it moved into our home tonight!

i have been on this kick where i’ve been wanting a piano for some time…it’s the one thing i regret quitting as a kid, and with a friend who is practicing to do piano tuning as a side job, and another friend who plays beautifully and sometimes teaches, i really felt like i had the resources to introduce it back into my life. and even if i don’t, it’s a piece i wanted to have as a family and to possibly keep for a long time…if it was nice enough, to maybe keep in the future family.

for the latter, i didn’t expect that to happen, because with my budget of a hundred bucks or so and craigslist at my fingertips, i figured we’d just get something simple that needed a few repairs just for the sake of playing.

well, i saw a listing a couple nights ago, and although it didn’t have pictures, i emailed anyways. lo and behold it was a really pretty, in good shape (no dead keys or anything), piano and i was the first responder…and i got her 60 bucks below the price (i blew my budget and spent 240; but we both loved it from the pictures she sent).

upon picking it up, and moving it home, we found out it was not midcentury that she had said in the listing after all, but from 1895. just a cherry on the top! and the wood and carving is soo much prettier in person. even if i don’t play it, it’s great to look at. plus we got a funky little bench with it that i can’t wait to recover.

yay!wil is tinkering on it right now and i just love hearing it in the house! thank you mom, for raising me in a house where we heard you play throughout the day!