Comments on: Praying for a Piano Player http://blindflaneur.com/?p=156 curating an archaeology of attention & culture Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:14:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Mark Willis http://blindflaneur.com/?p=156&cpage=1#comment-1020 Mark Willis Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:01:15 +0000 http://blindflaneur.com/?p=156#comment-1020 Dear Lorca, In all my years I’ve never met or heard of another named Ona. It pleases me very much to learn that your grandmother was Ona, too. I love the idea that some part of our family may have roots in Lithuania. Thank you so much for making contact! It is a simple gift only the Internet can provide. Wishing you a joyous and healthy New Year, Mark Dear Lorca,

In all my years I’ve never met or heard of another named Ona. It pleases me very much to learn that your grandmother was Ona, too. I love the idea that some part of our family may have roots in Lithuania. Thank you so much for making contact! It is a simple gift only the Internet can provide. Wishing you a joyous and healthy New Year,

Mark

]]> By: Lorca http://blindflaneur.com/?p=156&cpage=1#comment-1016 Lorca Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:34:12 +0000 http://blindflaneur.com/?p=156#comment-1016 I was surprised by Your grandmothers name.It is lithuanian name. My grandmother was Ona too. Maybe Your roots are from Lithuania? Merry Christmas! I like to read You very much. I was surprised by Your grandmothers name.It is lithuanian name. My grandmother was Ona too.
Maybe Your roots are from Lithuania? Merry Christmas! I like to read You very much.

]]> By: Mark Willis http://blindflaneur.com/?p=156&cpage=1#comment-1014 Mark Willis Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:25:23 +0000 http://blindflaneur.com/?p=156#comment-1014 Indeed, what would we do without them? Merry Christmas, Sara! Indeed, what would we do without them? Merry Christmas, Sara!

]]> By: Sara H http://blindflaneur.com/?p=156&cpage=1#comment-1012 Sara H Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:18:00 +0000 http://blindflaneur.com/?p=156#comment-1012 What a wonderful story! Yes, God bless the piano players, wherever and however they get that joint a-jumpin! What a wonderful story! Yes, God bless the piano players, wherever and however they get that joint a-jumpin!

]]> By: a blind flaneur http://blindflaneur.com/?p=156&cpage=1#comment-193 a blind flaneur Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:16:27 +0000 http://blindflaneur.com/?p=156#comment-193 [...] out clips by Fess himself and Dr. John. I think it’s Fess. It sounds like him. It looks like my grandmother’s piano room. The YouTube clip carries no documentation about when, where, or how the footage was made. Fess [...] [...] out clips by Fess himself and Dr. John. I think it’s Fess. It sounds like him. It looks like my grandmother’s piano room. The YouTube clip carries no documentation about when, where, or how the footage was made. Fess [...]

]]> By: Mark Willis http://blindflaneur.com/?p=156&cpage=1#comment-106 Mark Willis Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:27:28 +0000 http://blindflaneur.com/?p=156#comment-106 Bless the piano players! Bless the piano players!

]]> By: ms modigliani http://blindflaneur.com/?p=156&cpage=1#comment-105 ms modigliani Thu, 27 Dec 2007 21:57:36 +0000 http://blindflaneur.com/?p=156#comment-105 My younger brother, Jerry, learned to play piano by ear at a young age. In his teens he decided to take lessons so that he could play boogie woogie. After a few lessons in chording back then and many decades later. he jams wherever he finds a piano. He mocks my elegant piano: "Have you tuned it yet?" I have had it tuned many times, but each tuner says the same thing: nice piece of furniture, but not much of a piano sound. Doesn't matter. On Christmas Day, Jerry sat down at the baby grand and hammered out Christmas tunes for the gathering. The piano sounded great and joyous. Jerry looked over at me, smiled and I understood from his look that the piano still needed tuning. My younger brother, Jerry, learned to play piano by ear at a young age. In his teens he decided to take lessons so that he could play boogie woogie. After a few lessons in chording back then and many decades later. he jams wherever he finds a piano. He mocks my elegant piano: “Have you tuned it yet?” I have had it tuned many times, but each tuner says the same thing: nice piece of furniture, but not much of a piano sound. Doesn’t matter. On Christmas Day, Jerry sat down at the baby grand and hammered out Christmas tunes for the gathering. The piano sounded great and joyous. Jerry looked over at me, smiled and I understood from his look that the piano still needed tuning.

]]> By: tomrobertstennessee http://blindflaneur.com/?p=156&cpage=1#comment-104 tomrobertstennessee Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:41:09 +0000 http://blindflaneur.com/?p=156#comment-104 Aunt Ethyl, who couldn't read music but could play any tune by ear on a piano, enlivened our family gatherings in Kansas City. She had an ebulient personality and could easily draw out anyone's fun-loving side. She always wore high heels, stockings with a stripe and well-tailored dress suits. Her hair, done in a beehive, was regularly tinted blue. She wore lots of rouge on her cheeks, red lipstick and perfume. She and her husband, Marion, my father's cousin, had no children of their own. Ethyl and Marion would arrive a little late at family functions, nattily dressed and exuberant to get the fun started. The real party always began after they arrived. Aunt Ethyl, who couldn’t read music but could play any tune by ear on a piano, enlivened our family gatherings in Kansas City. She had an ebulient personality and could easily draw out anyone’s fun-loving side. She always wore high heels, stockings with a stripe and well-tailored dress suits. Her hair, done in a beehive, was regularly tinted blue. She wore lots of rouge on her cheeks, red lipstick and perfume. She and her husband, Marion, my father’s cousin, had no children of their own. Ethyl and Marion would arrive a little late at family functions, nattily dressed and exuberant to get the fun started. The real party always began after they arrived.

]]> By: a blind flaneur http://blindflaneur.com/?p=156&cpage=1#comment-102 a blind flaneur Mon, 24 Dec 2007 15:57:18 +0000 http://blindflaneur.com/?p=156#comment-102 [...] Praying for a Piano Player [...] [...] Praying for a Piano Player [...]

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