Monday, January 18, 2010

so, how DO you get a piano in the subway?




If you're wondering what the paint bucket is for: donations.
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15 comments:

  1. Furious D1/18/10, 10:21 PM

    Q: So-how-do-you-get-piano-in-subway?

    A: Very carefully.

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  2. Emma Michaels1/18/10, 10:24 PM

    Okay... I have no idea... *continues to stare*

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  3. Heidi Willis1/18/10, 10:30 PM

    Love it! There's really nothing like the NY subway!

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  4. Eva1/18/10, 10:36 PM

    Good question, never really thought about it. And if that paint bucket is for donations, they have some high expectations.

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  5. Lily Cate1/18/10, 10:36 PM

    I can empathize with this guy.
    I was once involved in this thing called "Strolling Stings"
    And I play the cello.

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  6. Janet Reid1/18/10, 10:38 PM

    That's one glorious typo there Lily. I think you win by default!

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  7. mallard1/18/10, 10:45 PM

    If it's a handicap accessible station, then the elevator. If not then a well used gym membership.

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  8. dmbeucler1/18/10, 11:03 PM

    I tried to get my high school marching band to put a piano on wheels and let me "march" that way. Hitch it up to a couple of the bass drums and away I'd go. My band teacher disagreed. I marched the cymbals instead.

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  9. sarah mccarry1/19/10, 12:13 AM

    We love that guy! His piano gets a little shabbier every time we see him, guessing he uses the stairs.

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  10. Spy Scribbler1/19/10, 12:30 AM

    I've seen a lot of pianos in my day, some stored in sheds, in garages, in the backs of churches--all in pretty awful shape--but none... quite like that.

    Was it in tune?

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  11. Janet Reid1/19/10, 12:56 AM

    Natasha, there are people who can identify the sounds the subway cars make when they start up -- note for note. They say it's the first three notes of "Somewhere" from West Side Story.

    Me, I'm not quite so keen of ear. I was mostly trying to figure out how they got that hulk up the stairs.

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  12. Ronda Laveen1/19/10, 2:40 AM

    I'm from California and how they get anything in a subway is a mystery to me.

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  13. Christina Lee1/19/10, 7:28 AM

    LOL!! Now THAT'S what I miss about living in NYC!

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  14. swedishfish1/19/10, 4:45 PM

    I've seen this guy a couple of times. He's a terrific pianist and I just smile ear to ear to see a real piano in the station.

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  15. Jill Elizabeth1/26/10, 12:12 PM

    I saw a piano in the Union Square stop last month. wonder if it's a traveling act and it was the same guy.

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