I love out of tune pianos and they are plenteous resting in church basements.
Musician Malcolm Kogut has been tickling the ivories since he was 14 and won the NPM DMMD Musician of the Year award in 99. He has CDs along with many published books. Malcolm played in the pit for many Broadway touring shows. When away from the keyboard, he loves exploring the nooks, crannies and arresting beauty of the Adirondack Mountains, battling gravity on the ski slopes and roller coasters.
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Bad Piano Challenge
Many of us have played with despair on some pretty bad pianos which are frequently found in churches, schools, theaters, bars, restaurants and college practice rooms. I'd like to encourage or challenge everyone to share a video celebrating some of the clunkers you've had the challenge to play.
This sleeping beauty which brought a certain dimension of challenge was found in the basement of a church in upstate NY. I was able to coax these two tunes our of her. She is an old Knabe with uneven action and has the gift of sometimes playing two tones with one hammer.
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