Tuesday, October 27, 2009

great-grandma's piano


Here Sam plays his great-grandma's piano, which now graces our living room. She was a piano teacher in San Francisco in the 40's and 50's, and we inherited a boxful of wonderful sheet music from her as well. Sam not only enjoys "playing" piano, he also likes to play a single note before singing a song, just like our teacher does on her violin before a song in class. Denis informs me that he and Sam have jam sessions on piano and guitar together, usually songs about animals, with elephants represented by the lowest notes, and a mouse represented by the highest notes. Today I was treated to many verses of 'Crawdad', a catchy bluegrass tune from our music class.

2 comments:

urban craft said...

oh, so lucky to inherit a piano. And I'm loving your skirt too!

Catherine said...

That is so cute. Perhaps Sam and Denis will be jamming together someday.xoxo Having a piano in the house when you're a young child is such a special gift. Hugs for Sam...and you! xoTrina