Yesterday was a bittersweet day. I said goodbye to my piano to make room for my new office furniture. It was time to retire the piano room which I did not need and convert it into a home office/sewing room. I know...I don't know how to sew....but I am planning on learning how very soon. I have what I need to sew except the "know how." I desperately need a home office. I work from home most of the time and my papers and equipment have only been increasing the last couple of years.
Here's my piano which I have absolutely loved! Did I mention, I don't know how to play a piano? I have a granddaughter who really wants to learn and she will do more with this than I have the last 30 years.
The movers arrived and got to work. We could not have done it without them.
A very proud moment in this little girl's life last night.
Here's my piano which I have absolutely loved! Did I mention, I don't know how to play a piano? I have a granddaughter who really wants to learn and she will do more with this than I have the last 30 years.
According to my mother, Peggy Cary, the piano was bought for Eliza Jane Collins by her father, Moses Collins. The town Collins was named after this family, which is in my family line. The piano was later donatd to the Collins School. When my parents bought the Collins School property my mother moved the piano to our house in Dermott, Aransas. Eliza Jane Collins was born November 15, 1832 and died March 27, 1885. The piano is well over 100 years old. A picture of the piano is in the Smith Family history book. I have a copy of the book as to my sons, Brent and Shane.
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I hope the piano has a good new home. There was one similar in my mom's home. I used to love listening to her play--she tried to get us girls interested, I had lessons but no ear for playing. My son was the first one with interest and he played by ear, she loved teaching him and challenging him, wish she had loved longer to keep his interest.
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