Hasta La Ideas

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pIt has been a noisy summer in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where twenty-one pianos have sat in plazas, parks, and on sidewalks for anyone to play. The pianos have been used to promote a href=”http://www.keysforthecity.com/index.html”Key’s for the City/a, a campaign launched by a href=”http://www.musicforeveryone.net/”Music for Everyone/a “to foster creativity and a sense of community among the general public and to raise awareness for local music and visual arts education initiatives.” /p

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pemMusic for Everyone/em partnered with numerous civic organizations on this project, and some like-minded nonprofits, including a href=”http://www.societyofdesign.org/”Society of Design/a (SOD), an offshoot of the graphic design studio a href=”http://www.gowelsh.com/”Go Welsh/a. SOD elevated the impact of this initiative by recruiting designers, artists, and volunteers to reinvent the appearance of these old, donated pianos. Some were painted bright colors, some became photographic collages, and others were opened up to expose the guts of the instrument. Each piano has a surprisingly distinctive look that attract a broad range of curious pedestrians and city-dwellers who take turns on the pianos. Kids bang out cacophonous notes, adults work through songs they learned as kids, and many skilled pianists filled the streets with nostalgic melodies. /p

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