Weekend Reflections at Forsyths music store on Deansgate. Tim indulges in an impromptu practice for his Grade 5 piano exam. He's playing a Bösendorfer.*
Forsyths is the UK's largest specialist music shop and has been established for over 150 years. It really is a hive of culture and beauty. Step inside and you are a million miles from the fraught hustle and bustle of the consumer madness and hedonism which consumes and distracts the majority of people out on Deansgate.
* The Bösendorfer piano company was established in 1828, when Ignaz Bösendorfer registered his business as a piano maker in Vienna. The imperial city was already considered a centre for musical culture and a traditional city for piano music.
I am envious of of people with music talent.
ReplyDeleteYes nice reflection. The most music instruments have some qualities in reflecting I guess. Could be a complete theme some day.
ReplyDeleteI would love to be able to play a piano. Hope Tim carries it through to his adult life. Nice catch.
ReplyDeleteI just love the contrast between the very chic piano and this young boy enjoying himself in jeans...
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful to see young life being able to reach such high level. Please have you all a good Sunday.
ReplyDeleteExcellent composition, Chrissy. I like seeing the casual informality of the boy and the formality of the room, the oil painting, the interesting contrast of purple and orange, and the grand piano.
ReplyDeleteGreat reflections..
ReplyDeleteMarvelous photographs.
ReplyDeleteJoli ;o)
ReplyDeleteIs Tim your son? Love that he's into music!
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