Piano Man
The City of Denver invited citizens to donate old pianos to be placed on the street in the heart of downtown. The pianos were then given to various artists to d...
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The City of Denver invited citizens to donate old pianos to be placed on the street in the heart of downtown. The pianos were then given to various artists to decorate, and then randomly placed along the mile long, 16th Street Mall. Anyone was welcome to sit and play. Every day the dozen or so pianos attract a colorful variety of musicians, many of them displaying impressive talent including the one in this photo.
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CocoRhea
November 06, 2011
That is an awesome idea! and a great photo!
Here in Rochester, NY artists decorated horses one year and displayed them all over the city...and another year they decorated benches..I absolutely love the piano idea!
Here in Rochester, NY artists decorated horses one year and displayed them all over the city...and another year they decorated benches..I absolutely love the piano idea!
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rmcalpine
November 06, 2011
What a wonderful idea! Love how this one is decorated and the bench to match! Great find and capture!!
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foto3la11
November 06, 2011
Great image and great story. Thanks for sharing! Just one question comes to mind, what do they do with the pianos, when it rains?
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redwriter
November 07, 2011
Thank you! I'm not sure what they will do as it also snows a great deal in Denver.
markthehess
November 06, 2011
wonder how long they left them out. great shot showing the inner city art ecclectic crowd
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Wayne_Sr
November 08, 2011
An awesome capture Jake and what a great idea, I know Texas has been in a drought, but do they bring them in at night or if it rains.
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redwriter
November 09, 2011
Thank you Wayne. I have no idea what they do with them when the weather turns bad.
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overcash6
November 11, 2011
Thi is a great capture! They didn't have these the last time I was in Denver. Seems like it would be really hard to keep them in tune though. :-)
KarenRoberts
November 14, 2011
What a GRAND thing to do! And to let all that want to play the piano. Nicely painted too!
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dareco
November 18, 2011
This is fantastic!! Both the photo and the story with it!! Wonderful idea and I LOVE the artwork!!!
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Jazz
November 20, 2011
Wonderful, The same has been tried in London, but not as colourful. great work
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Hereon7
November 21, 2011
Jake before i read the write up i was very intrigued in how he managed to get the piano in/out of the guitar case! Let alone carry it on his back LOL. Like this a lot. Please check out my tree contest entries many thanks Pat.
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trying00
November 21, 2011
Jake, being a musician and music teacher, I think this is a great project for the "Arts". Glad you were able to capture the essence of this part of our lives!!!!!
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abezwiliams4
November 22, 2011
I have passed these on the mall several times and there is always someone playing them. You truly captured the essence of 16th street.
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akhtarkhan
November 24, 2011
Unique idea, brilliant story, inspirational public project and awesome capture the essence of street life. Well done Jake!
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SusiStroud
December 17, 2011
What a wonderful thing to do, I am sure it brought a lot of talented people out as well as by-standers. Nice capture!
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January 20, 2012
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JDLifeshots
January 27, 2012
Great capture! Isn't it amazing the talent that is out in our world and never discovered!
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sundawg
August 13, 2012
I do agree with CocoRhea. That is an awesome Idea. How many towns would that really work. The painting idea blows me away.Right On and cool capture of this.
LoreenSwann
August 14, 2012
What a wonderful photograph! I love the sentiment of the project and the inspiration pianos strewn about the city provided to local artists!
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snowdon
September 18, 2012
Superb detail and the colour selective nature of the picture directs the attention of the viewer to the subject.
JimDavis143
September 26, 2012
So... about a month ago my wife and I are browsing a particular social media site... I wont mention any names but its initials are FACEBOOK, ANYWAY, in our area there are local swap shops, buy sell trade etc... on their and we JUST missed a piano for sale.. 50.00 or OBO... I saw this pic... and ughh... I HAVE to go buy a piano! AWESOME pic.. So glad you were at the right place at the right time...
kristinakatic
November 01, 2012
Love this! Awarded OUTSTANDING CREATIVITY :)) I would probably add a little bit more contrast but I love the idea!! Awesome!
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MaryAnne306
June 09, 2013
Never would have imagined this. Great documentation as well as great photo.
Tabitha7024
October 15, 2013
If I didn't think that they would be destroyed in under an hour I would love if this happened in Philly XD This piano is gorgeous!
FergalBrady
May 14, 2021
Street musician great shot just saw lads on a beach here (Dublin) playing guitar\piano very rare thought I was in Spain!
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