Tuesday treasures

This piano has been a part of my life since my early teens, although it has not always lived at my house. My mother bought it around 1960, partly because she wanted my brother and I, as well as our younger siblings, to learn music, and partly to relive her own dreams of playing which were never properly fulfilled when she was young. It was purchased, reconditioned, from Palings music store, for many years a Brisbane icon, which sadly no longer exists.

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It survived many moves and much loving use at many, many family gatherings over the years. It managed to keep going in spite of rarely being tuned as Mum and Dad would not have been able to afford it. Mum used to dream of having it restored one day, but that task became mine. When I moved to Clenbar the piano went off to be reconditioned once again, however, I chose only to restore it internally, and left the outside to tell its own story.
I would love to be able to say that I play it regularly but that would be fibbing. My skills are extremely rusty, though I have fantasies about taking lessons again one day.

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