03.20.10

Welcome, Colby

Posted in Family at 9:28 pm by rachel

Today we had a special delivery, all the way from Akron, Ohio.

Ta-dah!

This is the Colby player piano from the early 1900s that Seth’s paternal grandfather and grandmother had. Seth has a really good memory of it from his childhood.

Seth’s parents and extended family thought it would find a good home with us, and we agree! We love objects with history (in the picture above, that’s a family photograph of Seth’s father and parents in the top right), and are looking forward to taking special care of the piano.

It seems to just need minor repair work on some of the hammers, as well as a tuning, after which we’ll be ready to play.

Having grown up with a piano but not one that also had the player mechanism, I was intrigued with the mechanics of it. Jax and I checked out the pedals you push to make it play.

Thank you so much, Ron and Carol, for entrusting us with this special family heirloom. I know Jax will have fun learning to play the piano on it, and I’m thrilled to get back into playing myself. Merci!

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