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Piano.

November 10, 2018 by Adrienne

Back when Eden was a baby and Liberty was two, we lived in South Dakota. I owned a beautiful antique player piano. When our home’s buyer wanted the piano, Blaine said it came with the house. He didn’t want to move it to Pennsylvania.

Turns out, pianos are heavy. Really heavy.

For thirteen years, I haven’t had another. Today, I got one.

I might be slightly giddy. I had four years of lessons in elementary school. I have so much to learn. But I shined up my new-to-me Craigslist freebie, and ignored the three dead keys that it turns out are more annoying than I thought they’d be, and made a mental note to hire a tuner. I took toothpaste to the brass pedals, Murphy’s oil to the wood, and I’m hoping I’ll be in this good of condition when I’m 100 years old.

I’m still working to learn guitar. I stink at that. But I remembered remarkably more than I expected when I pulled out a hymnal and picked out a tune on the piano. It was rather satisfying.

The kids might be a wee bit excited as well. I totally sounded like my mother when I forbade them to touch those foot pedals and make their chaotic noise/pounding sustained.

Now I have to rearrange pictures on the wall.

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About Adrienne

A homeschooling mother of ten, ages 19 and under, I chronicle life, laughs, struggles, and lessons learned as I raise a larger-than-most sized family and try to laugh about the craziness.

Comments

  1. Roxanne says

    November 10, 2018 at 10:23 pm

    Oh Adrienne it’s beautiful. So glad you finally have another piano so you and your children will be able to make beautiful music 🎼 🎶 Hopefully It will bring you many years of enjoyment.

    • Adrienne says

      November 11, 2018 at 7:00 am

      ❤️

  2. Charlotte Moore says

    November 11, 2018 at 5:27 am

    Good for you!!! You are a multi talented woman for sure. I am sure you will begin to pick up on things the more you practice. My husband plays and he went months he didn’t even sit down at the piano. It does make a difference. Then he was put in a position he had to play ay church for several months every service. He really had to practice . It sure made a difference too. Now he doesn’t have to play much and he has slacked off on his practice. He says it is easy to forget and his fingers get stiff too.

    You enjoy all you can and your kiddos may just join in with you one day.

    • Adrienne says

      November 11, 2018 at 6:59 am

      I’m hoping! Liberty and Eden have a huge interest already. I dug out my old books I learned from and hope to at least get them started.

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