It's World Piano Day again
March 29th is the day of the year
to correspond with the 88 notes on a piano keyboard.
This year, 2025
I took it into my head
to visit some of the public pianos in London.
Pianos that are in public places
to be played by anyone who'D like to.
The easy place to start
was St Pancras Station
where the trains from home arrive in London.
I got off the train
onto the platform.
Then up the escalator.
To the ticket barriers.
Out onto the concourse and the shopping area.
As I walked down the aisle
I can hear a piano being played
[distant piano music]
[Crowd noise]
[Piano music]
I left him to continue playing.
I'd read on the Internet
that there were possibly two pianos at euston.
So I walked along the road to see.
With all the works for HS2
Euston Station was a mess.
and I found no sign of a piano anywhere.
So
I made my way back to St Pancras
when I found someone else playing the piano.
[Pianist plays Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1]
What a show off!
The Internet appeared to say there was a piano at Tottenham Court Road Station.
This proved to be wrong.
The piano turned out to be in St Giles' Square.
In a complex called Outernet
which houses huge video screens.
I turned the corner
and there was the piano.
I quickly set up my mini tripod
and played my signature piece.
[Sam plays piano]
Well, that was all I had time for.
Some other time
I hope to explore the other stations
Goodbye for now.