the confidence of youth

I did a fair amount of improvised piano shifting when I was in my teens and twenties, 50-odd years ago.

Jalima wrote
"Are you going to buy something to replace it after you've moved Fennel?"
I doubt it, although I'd love to. I have a physical problem due to damage to my right shoulder when I fell a few years back.
It never really healed and I've lost most of the strength in my right arm and hand. Left side has taken over.

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that Fennel
That must limit the things you can do, especially if you were right handed.

All this talk about pianos made me think,about 10 years ago when I was 60,I told my husband I'd like a keyboard for Christmas,he said " it will end up in the loft"After an initial stab at it,that's where it ended up.Untill one day I had a brainwave,I had an idea that I could go around to all the old people's homes and play for them.As you could just key in the tune or song,and touch any key and it would play.There are lots of homes within a 10 mile radius from where we live.So I duly approached them and regularly visited 6or 7.
I just charged expenses.I enjoyed entertaining them.
Then one day as I arrived the nurse said" one of our ladies is a retired concert pianist"and she would like to do a duet.OMG my heart was thumping!Oh, I mumbled I don't do duets!I went through my usual repatoiur,She eyed me suspiciously," you have a very unusual style my dear" she said.I fled never to return?

It’s true you don’t even have to play a piano these days. I was in a music shop in York and they had some wonderful electronic pianos. There was a white Yamaha grand with a five figure price tag. I said to the assistant “Do you sell many of these?” “Well”, he said, “we sold one recently to someone who couldn’t play a note. He just programmes it to play for his dinner guests.” I mumbled something about a CD player being cheaper, but it takes all sorts.

Thread has put me in mind of this.......!

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We are looking to buy GD a new digital piano, they do not have room for an upright. I spent a long time yesterday doing research and listening to various models, I had music in my brain all night

Good story, Elena I've seen those keyboards, and that's why we sold ours for next to nothing.
There are many pianos for sale on ebay etc but no-one ever seems to bid for them.
Another problem is the cost of transport, keyboards are so light. But they don't have the quality or range of tone that a good piano has.

I must not be very perceptive as any Brexit theme at the beginning of this thread completely passed me by - what was all that about?

Glad I wasn't the only one in the mist Gaggi