Then I noticed a stairway leading downstairs. It turned out to be the yellow brick road to ...
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... a local museum mapping out the history of keyboards - from harpsichords to piano fortes ...
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... to pianos. All beautifully restored instruments that the curator invited me to play ...
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... and I couldn't believe it. These instruments would have been housed in glass vases anywhere else.
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So, I realized one of my dreams that day when I pressed the keys of one of the harpsichords.
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Then I moved to the piano forte, playing the chorus to Scott Joplin's Solace.
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The museum is maintained by the Schubert Society of St. Paul, still tucked away in the basement.
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Thanks for the typewriter museum story - and thanks for prompting the memory of the keyboard museum!
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Holy crap, this is extraordinary. I want to visit! Do you know if it’s still there?
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I checked online - it's still there ... in the basement of the Landmark Center in St. Paul.
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Thank you so much!!! It’s on my list now.
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