“Next to books, there is no inanimate thing in the house that can produce so much profitable pleasure as the piano. A library and a piano are symbols of high cultivation. These two spread that nobler banquet where the soul is fed, without fear of gluttony or dissipation.
“As books bring into our daily circle, as noblest companions, the noblest spirits that ever wrought on earth, and permit us to rear our children under the noblest natures, so the piano, with simple incantations, brings up from their sleep the noble brotherhood of song, and persuades them to dwell among us.”
From Godey’s Lady’s Book, 1874
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Quote: via The Tertium Kid
Reblogged this on puppylovesme and commented:
I really want to but heard IF I really wanted to I would sit down and practice it for hours every day…and I have not done that so I guess in reality I don’t :/ ……I want to just sit down and play it perfectly but without practice lol…..I cannot imagine my house with no piano though…at least my daughter plays it when she comes over 
I have owned a piano for at least 22 years and have yet to master playing it
Thank you for this!
Just sit down and play….
My home doesn’t have a piano
I live up a flight of narrow stairs and the place is a little small for a piano! I have a keyboard, but it’s just not the same, a piano is a real piece of furniture – working furniture! But I live in hope – of a lot of things!!
That’s the first piano gif I’ve seen – I like it very much!
I’m happy you like it, Suzy! There are a number of piano gifs out there – they haven’t all worked on the blog.
And you’re so right about the keyboard not being the same. A piano is LIVING furniture!
Love your hopeful, positive outlook
Wonderful!
Merci!
Fantastic! Every home must have a piano.