This week we said good-bye to a part of our family that has been with us for nearly 7 years. We bought this beautiful ebony Kawai at a piano dealer in town when we left our old freebie back in Minnesota. I was sold on the sound of the Kawai pianos when Caleb was taking his first Suzuki lessons at the McPhail School of Music in Saint Paul when he was 5 years old. Their sound is rich and deep and ours was no exception. The boys have spent hours on this instrument getting frustrated when their little fingers wouldn't move the way their head was telling them to, making up tunes about food I made they didn't like, playing all sorts of pop songs from Adele to Van Halen, mastering pieces for festival and recital performances, but of all their time on the piano my favorite had been to listen as they create their own pieces. There have been so many times when I hear them working on a song and I go in to watch them play only to find out there is no music in front of them and that the piece is their own creation. I always laugh out loud in surprise and wonder and grab the video to capture what was happening despite their protest to being filmed.
The piano is moving to Northern Virginia to a family with two small girls who are just starting out on their own musical adventure. But I suppose I need to explain why on earth we would sell this piano, but coming this week is a rebuilt 1924 Steinway Grand that we bought 6 months ago. We needed some extra time to save up for this pricey addition and the Russian man who rebuilt it was good enough to keep it in his home with the other 6-8 Steinways he's working on. It will be a tight squeeze next to the cellos, guitars, violins, and djembe but everyone is excited to finally bring it home.
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