Piano!

As promised long ago, here are a few photos of my beloved new piano. It's a 4 ft. 6 in. baby grand, built in 1927 by Howard (a division of Baldwin), and it eventually ended up in a Mt. Vernon church until they upgraded a few years ago and the piano went to a friend of a friend. He got it new strings, cleaned and refinished the outside, and fixed whatever needed fixing on the inside. It's still got a few issues but it has a lovely tone and the kind of warmth that is difficult to find in a modern factory-made instrument.

William and I gave a 'mini-recital' for a few people last Friday; he played guitar (Mertz), I played piano (Bach), and we both played the Vivaldi Lute Sonata in A. It was as low-key as one could possibly get and I still got nervous and twitchy...I can't say that I played my best, but I think I did very well under the circumstances and everyone was complimentary. We're hoping to do this about once a month and invite more people in the future.