In Spring 2023, we teamed up with the Downtown Revitalization Committee to replace an outdoor piano. — This a growing post as the cultivation of the Draper Pedestrian Block continues… Reverse Chronological Order.
[Footage in processing, stay tuned]
Phase I
Reinvigorating our efforts to document, promote, produce and elevate Blacksburg’s street art scene, we are a part of the team handling the transplanting and the embellishing of the replacement piano and the repurposing of the original.
She has been stationed outdoors in the center of town for many years and played in all the elements and hours.
The upright has been played by more people of all ages, skills, styles and walks of life than any other for many miles.
It is hard to gauge how many different kinds of hands have graced these keys,
and not far-fetched to guess the number would be in the tens of thousands.
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The new downtown piano, donated by the Blacksburg Pentecostal Holiness Church on Center Street,
landed safely under the canopy tents on the Draper Pedestrian Block.
The Town of Blacksburg volunteered labor, truck and trailer for transporting.
Late Night Act of Mayhem
Replacement Piano found on its back.
No witnesses, Perpetrator At-Large
This is how someone chose to express their emotions in the witching boozy hours of the night in the first week in the neighborhood for the transplant. .
[A reader emailed us this article which is apropos]: Japan street piano confiscated after public ‘break rules’
Anonymous Neighborhood Watch:
Piano was placed back upright by good samaritan (s?) sometime the same morning.
Tuning Team: First Session 4-26-2023
The Painting of the Piano is IN PROGRESS
Here are some shots of the ongoing process.
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