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Christopher over 2 years ago

What an interesting way to describe a piano (if I've successfully decoded this drabble, that is).

Neville Hunt over 2 years ago

A super drabble, Verity.
Pianos are wonderful instruments and one particular upright one featured greatly in my youth. My brothers and I frequently opened it up to see how it worked. Piano lessons though, despite probably being an excellent technical way to teach a six year old were dull and the associated practice was hard (and often neglected) work. To this day I will never listen again to a single sonatina by Clementi.

VerityAlways over 2 years ago

Thanks Christopher. Yes, you decrypted rightly, it is a Piano!!

VerityAlways over 2 years ago

Thanks Neville, I hope you still play/listen to others if not Clementi!!

Jamie Clapperton over 2 years ago

Thought it was about an insect at first, then a dress , then a person.. Enjoy being wrong footed like that. Thanks for the ride :-)

Neville Hunt over 2 years ago

I would play Verity except I have no piano any more. I am trying to make some guitars right now out of cigar boxes and so I’ll be plinking and plonking really soon if they work out OK. 🎸🎸🎸 As for listening, I do a lot of that, but never to Clementi! But maybe I’ll get on Spotify and find out if they were as bad as I thought at the time. (Thinks... why didn’t the teacher give me Mozart or Brahms or Liszt instead!)

Neville Hunt over 2 years ago

A propos of absolutely nothing much, but vaguely related, I can recommend the Irish movie ‘Once’ if you can access it. It’s musical and instead of using actors for the male and female leads, they used musicians... a talented pianist and a singer/songwriter/guitarist. And it’s a lovely film.

VerityAlways over 2 years ago

Thank you Jamie!!

VerityAlways over 2 years ago

Thanks Neville, I'll try and watch the movie.
I feel sorry, your teacher couldn't interest you in early days.
Wish you luck on that guitar- cigar boxes?! couldn't get more creative

Christopher over 2 years ago

I play a multitude of instruments, even had my own band in junior high and high school, and I never once had a lesson. I taught myself guitar, bass, piano, drums, banjo, steel guitar (the last two I never played much considering my band played mostly heavy metal). My sister bought a ukulele recently. I'd never picked one up before and within five minutes I was playing AC/DC's "Back In Black" on it. My sis said, "Thanks for once again showing me up!"

VerityAlways over 2 years ago

That's great Christopher. How many more feathers in your cap

Neville Hunt over 2 years ago

I’m told that cigar box guitars are all the rage in parts of the Appalachians and in the North and Midlands of England (not that I live in any of these). I started earlier in the year, but with the advent of summer, I have been preoccupied with tomato plants!... so there’s been limited progress on the instruments (3-string and 4-string variants.. Maybe I’ll exchange my logo profile pic for a while for a work in progress pic of them 🤔

Neville Hunt over 2 years ago

Wow Christopher... I salute you!

VerityAlways over 2 years ago

Would love to see them Neville, do share!!

Neville Hunt over 2 years ago

Will do, Verity, but please bear in mind that they are still work in progress! My son-in-law has completed one and it sounds pretty good. I infected him with the idea and he beat me to completion. But I will share my humble efforts!

VerityAlways over 2 years ago

Sure 👍👍

Neville Hunt over 2 years ago

Done! They should appear soon but there is usually a delay (something to do with the cache, but I’m no computer whiz) before the new profile pic shows up. The one on the left will be a four string version and is the most finished, it just needs polish, strings, bridge and pickup. In the centre is a three string, with putting in the fretwire the next step. On the right, it’s a wine case (not cigar box) three or four string acoustic variant, before I add the white marker dots. I just need to get my act together and finish them! 🥴

VerityAlways over 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing Neville, they are really good, adore the creativity!!