Nice story Richard. Thank you very much for sharing it! Thump --- Richard Brekne <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no> wrote: > Hi Folks > > The short program on National TV I got to > participate in aired tonite, > and I simply had to tell you the story as it turned > out to have a > surprise sweet side to it.. You see when we went out > to shoot the spot, > the family that owned the piano had a young relative > visiting that had > heard about what we were about to do. She was 11 > years old, and wanted > more then anything else to be on TV playing the > National anthem. > > I got to the house first, and went through tuning > this old instrument up > once more for the show, and she comes in and sort of > shuffles shyly > around, and when I take a short break she sits down > and proceeds to play > a perfect two finger version of the Norwegian > National Anthem she had > figured out all on her own. And then she revealed > her dream to me. I > mean.... what can you say... she didnt miss a note, > couldnt read a note > either... had never taken any lessons, but she had > fooled a bit with > this old Herz piano. I couldnt resist her, that's > for sure. > > So when the TV crew showed up I told them about it > and asked them if > they could find the time, at least they could maybe > shoot a few minutes > of her playing... even if they didnt decide to use > it... just as a nice > thing to do. In the meantime she had excitedly gone > and changed cloths > into her national costume, an outfit reserved for > only very special > occasions. When she came out to be introduced...well > everyone just > melted. So they taped her in between taping the > pianist and myself. We > all parted that evening with a lot on our minds, > including what a smile > we had put on her face and in her heart. > > But today the show aired. We got about 5 minutes all > in all to tell our > little story, and the film crew did a fantastic job > of putting it all > together. And best of all, this little girl got > featured for about 90 > seconds in the whole thing. Watching the spot, the > cringing feeling I > had at my own heavy american acent just disapeared > in the glow I just > know this little girl must have been feeling > somewhere out in Bergen, > most certainly watching as Siri and I were. > > Another little gem for this instrument to put into > its book of > memories... Grieg, Nordraak, Bull, and all the best > musicians and > artists of Bergens last 150 years have had their > moments with this > instrument.... and now in perhaps its last > performance, it makes a > little girls' dream come true. > > Kinda neat if you ask me. > > Cheers > RicB > > -- > Richard Brekne > RPT, N.P.T.F. > UiB, Bergen, Norway > mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no > http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html > http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com
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