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The People's Piano

Our first documentary, the People's Piano, can be viewed here. It was chosen to be featured at Raindance festival, and was runner up in the Crystal Palace Film Festival's Best Documentary award.

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Where could we put more public pianos? Take a peek at Glasgow.

2 November 2016 By admin Leave a Comment

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Alan Kenny with Tom Binns. Tom is the piano whisperer – he is single handedly and mostly voluntarily filling Glasgow city with pianos. “He always makes sure each one has a stool – a chair won’t do!” said Alan and he should know he has played them all. The pianos are indoors available for public use and in venues from concert halls to social care centers and art galleries. An inspiration to cities across the world!

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Upstairs in Glasgows main concert hall – one day could there be one in the Barbican, the South Bank or even Carnegie Hall?

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Here the food is free and the piano is free. In an old peoples centre that is used by refugees for delicious lunches made with home grown produce – good vibes. Live music in lunch centers is the way they do it in Glasgow.

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Flourish is a social care centre – the users painted the piano – “it was a great atmosphere ” said Tom. “We were all surprised by who could play the piano when it arrived – we would never have guessed the hidden talent” the manager said.

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The psychiatric hospital has one too. “It makes the place feel homely and blend in with rest of city – something enjoyable and fun on the hospital premises makes a massive difference,” said member of staff. One resident comes down daily to play and the visitors and staff enjoy – relaxation in the air.

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All public pianos need a tuner who ‘gets’ public pianos and Alasdair Russell is Glasgows man. Regularly tuning them with care and generosity the pianos are in great shape. Here he is tuning the piano at a local stables on outskirts of city.

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And the swimming pool that was nearly closed down until the community took it over, after they turned it into an arts centre they installed a baby grand and they now have funding to completely refurbish – amazing what happens when you have a piano in your midst!

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Going uptown – to the beautiful Leiper art gallery – a free piano for public use – amazing – congratulations Ewan – for breaking the mould – elegance and expression can go together! He says “art generates conversation and music generates conversation – makes sense to have them together.”

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So farewell then Herne Hill Street Piano, longest serving in the Entire World

21 August 2016 By admin Leave a Comment

Herne Hill's first Street Piano

Four years ago, in 2012, Herne Hill in south London gained its first street piano.

The piano had already served its time as part of the 2012 Play Me, I’m Yours event, where multiple pianos were sprinkled across the city as part of the City of London Festival. It was most likely destined for the scrap heap, but fate intervened and it came to live in Herne Hill. (Others from the festival were saved by Morganico, a local artist, and went to live in his friends‘ homes.)

The piano’s new home was outside the station, in the underpass. As Giles Gibson and Michael Stuart from the Herne Hill Forum said at the time, “We didn’t know if it would work. We weren’t sure if it would even last a week.”

The rest is history.

In fact, we’re pretty sure that the Herne Hill Piano is worthy of a World Record as the longest serving street piano in the world! No other piano has lived on the street for four years – in the known universe! (We’ve checked on Facebook and Twitter so it must be true.)

It was also this piano that inspired our first short film, The Peoples’ Piano, and is a major star in the second, Instrument of Change: Street Piano, a feature-length documentary that we’re working on now (you can watch the trailer here).

A massive ‘Thank You Herne Hill Piano!’ from all the street piano film team.

Join us for an event to celebrate Herne Hill’s first street piano – and welcome its replacement – on October 1. Details to follow soon.

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The Peoples Piano selected! for prestigious Raindance Film Festival!

3 September 2014 By admin Leave a Comment

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The Peoples Piano is on ITN News!

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The People’s Piano

9 May 2014 By admin 1 Comment

Here is the Film!!! – the culmination of 6 months work, we got to know some amazing people – Enjoy!

 

There is an extended (30min) version in the pipeline, please get in contact if you have any ideas on how this could get funded.

mnifiann@gmail.com or rochestercam@gmail.com
Thank You.

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Tonight is the Night – the piano is the star!

2 May 2014 By admin Leave a Comment

Come on over the the station square – get settled in with chairs blankets drinks and sit back and enjoy one of the loveliest local evenings in the year – its a real memory maker!

 

Herne Hill Piano invites the world to a free outdoor screening with live music on Friday 2nd May

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From Glasgow to London, New York to San Jose, acoustic pianos headed for landfill are being placed on our streets. Free, accessible - and for anyone to play. It's not busking. It's not a gig. It's a new kind of musical platform.

But why do street pianos have such universal appeal? What gives them the power to unite, to create the 'neighbourliness of strangers'?

Music transforms people's lives. Street pianos transform cities. Help us create a documentary to share that magic.

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