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title: "tried out a grand piano"
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Today I plucked up the courage to walk into a piano showroom, and asked
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if I could play on a particularly handsome grand piano.
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"Yes, you can
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try it out," said the staff, and so I did.
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First, I tried some
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arpeggio(s). Then, a song from a contemporary movie.
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It was a great
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pleasure. The piano responded to my touch in a magical way,
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demonstrating extraordinary sensitivity to even the most subtle of
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nuances.
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I looked at the staff of the showroom (a middle-aged and
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confident lady), and it seemed she was enjoying the song, too.
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I would
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later enquire about the piano, and only two words remain in my memory:
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"top-end" and "hand-made". And, its logo says: Shigeru Kawai.
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But all
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too soon, it was time for me to leave (I have a limited repertoire), and
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I bade my usual farewell to salespeople: "I'll think about buying it".
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(Which is true, I do think about how many years of slavery to a mean
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boss I have to endure, in order to afford stuff like that).
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But the
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staff was quick to reassure me: "No obligations at all! We're happy you
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came here to try our piano."
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Well, it was a nice experience, and I thank (a Biblical) God for that.
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