When we are in MN, my girls love to play the piano in my parents' house. For quite some time, Sara has been saying that she wants a piano, so I'd been toying with the idea of trying to find a used one at a decent price. I did some asking around, looked a lot on Craig's List (even though I'm totally scared of any interaction that would have had to take place that way), and finally put a bug in the ear of the music teacher at my school. She e-mailed all the elementary music teachers in the district which ended up providing a number of good leads. When all was said and done, though, I couldn't pass up the offer from one teacher for a FREE upright piano. I arranged with a piano moving company to move it from her house to ours, and it arrived today.
The girls knew that a surprise was coming, and could hardly wait to see what would come out of the big truck.
Once it was in, the girls immediately sat down to play. My mom brought down a few books when they were here last weekend, and the previous owner of the piano sent some along in the bench, too. I won't pretend we didn't have a momentary squabble over who got to play first.
But eventually they were able to compromise ...
... and then they got so into it that the only action shot I could get turned out blurry!
The piano does have its share wear and tear, and it desperately needs to be tuned, but we can handle those things. For now, I'm just thrilled to have a piano in our home that I hope my girls enjoy for many, many years. What a fun Saturday Surprise!
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