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~rogbeer's corner · where ~rogbeer stashes some stuff
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<a href="/~rogbeer/" title="Home">~rogbeer's corner</a>
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<small>where ~rogbeer stashes some stuff</small>
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<a href="/~rogbeer/2021/12/08/indoors/">
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tried out a grand piano
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<time datetime="2021-12-08T00:00:00+00:00" class="post-date">08 Dec 2021</time>
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<p>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.</p>
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<p>“Yes, you can
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try it out,” said the staff, and so I did.</p>
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<p>First, I tried some
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arpeggio(s). Then, a song from a contemporary movie.</p>
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<p>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.</p>
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<p>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.</p>
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<p>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.</p>
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<p>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).</p>
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<p>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.”</p>
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<p>Well, it was a nice experience, and I thank (a Biblical) God for that.</p>
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