[Dixielandjazz] Crappy pianos (was last man out)

[JOHN FARRELL]

Bob Ringwald wrote :
   
  "Now, most places do not have a piano. If they do, it has 
not been tuned in 30 years & 1/2 of the keys do not work."
   
  In my experience the worst ones usually have a coat or two of white paint slapped on 'em. Once I was booked to play a solo gig and found myself presented with such an instrument with most of the Fs and Bbs broken. I put on my coat and left.
  

 


John Farrell
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