New-to-us Piano
The Whomptons have had an upright piano with an interesting life story for quite a while. It was purchased in England and had a good run there. When its owner Barb decided to move to the States, the piano was shipped across the Atlantic and ended up here. When Barb was unable to play it anymore, it was passed along to her daughter Catherine and her granddaughter Olivia. Olivia loved this piano and played it for many years. When Catherine accepted a job in China, she sold the piano to us. We, of course, offered to return the piano back to her or Olivia if they ever returned stateside and they did just a month ago.
It was hard to explain to Raina that the piano she learned to play on had another owner with more of a claim to it than we had. Raina loved the piano too, of course. But they loved the piano more and we returned it to them two weeks ago. It was time for us to find a new piano!
Okay, I'll be honest. We didn't want a new piano. New pianos are expensive and I'm too frugal to buy one. We wanted a new-to-us piano that was guaranteed to be in good shape. We perused CraigsList and, with the help of Bing's Piano Services, we selected our new piano. Bing fixed a few small problems (with Lola's help) and Raina declared her new piano lovely.
Here's to many happy years of playing!
It was hard to explain to Raina that the piano she learned to play on had another owner with more of a claim to it than we had. Raina loved the piano too, of course. But they loved the piano more and we returned it to them two weeks ago. It was time for us to find a new piano!
Okay, I'll be honest. We didn't want a new piano. New pianos are expensive and I'm too frugal to buy one. We wanted a new-to-us piano that was guaranteed to be in good shape. We perused CraigsList and, with the help of Bing's Piano Services, we selected our new piano. Bing fixed a few small problems (with Lola's help) and Raina declared her new piano lovely.
Here's to many happy years of playing!
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