diff --git a/_posts/2021-12-08-indoors.md b/_posts/2021-12-08-indoors.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..aa81f5f --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2021-12-08-indoors.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +--- +title: "tried out a grand piano" +layout: post +--- + +Today I plucked up the courage to walk into a piano showroom, and asked +if I could play on a particularly handsome grand piano. + +"Yes, you can +try it out," said the staff, and so I did. + +First, I tried some +arpeggio(s). Then, a song from a contemporary movie. + +It was a great +pleasure. The piano responded to my touch in a magical way, +demonstrating extraordinary sensitivity to even the most subtle of +nuances. + +I looked at the staff of the showroom (a middle-aged and +confident lady), and it seemed she was enjoying the song, too. + +I would +later enquire about the piano, and only two words remain in my memory: +"top-end" and "hand-made". And, its logo says: Shigeru Kawai. + +But all +too soon, it was time for me to leave (I have a limited repertoire), and +I bade my usual farewell to salespeople: "I'll think about buying it". +(Which is true, I do think about how many years of slavery to a mean +boss I have to endure, in order to afford stuff like that). + +But the +staff was quick to reassure me: "No obligations at all! We're happy you +came here to try our piano." + +Well, it was a nice experience, and I thank (a Biblical) God for that.