Brooklyn BUZZ: Pianos provide key to summer music
The painted mustard-yellow piano sits prominently in the gazeboat 90th Street and Shore Road, emitting a silent Siren call topassersby to play a melody on its 88 keys. And ever since itarrived late last week, as part of a city-wide music and artinstallation called Sing For Hope Pop-Up Pianos 2011, residentshave been doing just that.
I saw the piano [and] I played it. It’s a fun thing. There’s noparticular practice, said local singer/songwriter/actor TonyTravis, who performed a medley of original pop/country songs at thefirst of seven pop-up concerts at the park alongside his wife,Karen, who is an opera singer, friends and neighbors. Travis saidthe decision to join in was easy.
I don’t believe anyone’s ever played a piano in that area. Iknow they have events like tree lightings, but this is the firsttime entertainment like that is there, he said. They should domore of that over there because it actually turns out to be aperfect spot to play. With all the benches, you have a built-inarena.