Luke Jerram, an artist from the UK, has set up Street Pianos in London for the next few weeks.
With the tagline ‘Play Me, I’m Yours’, here is how the Street Pianos website is described:
Presented for Sing London and the City of London Festival, 30 street pianos have been installed on streets, in public squares and parks, train stations, and markets. Like a creative blank canvas, the pianos are there for any member of the public to play and engage with. The pianos will be in place until July 13th, after which time they’ll be donated to local schools and community groups.
I love ideas like this, and found myself yesterday with the opportunity to play the piano in Moorgate (in the above picture), after my bus broke down just twenty metres from the piano.
And play I did – not at all well, as the only thing I know how to play is the MacGyver TV show theme tune, but it was great fun, nonetheless.
If you are in London, make sure you search out a piano, and belt out a tune or three. There is something quite liberating about it.
Photo courtesy of Street Pianos website gallery
