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Today I rode by the Steinway & Sons Factory in Queens. I was out on a motorcycle ride with my friend Troy and we had to stop and admire its presence. The history of that place is probably overlooked by many, but it remains a fascinating and extremely important part of my universe.
Each day when I play my restored 80 year old Steinway that I am fortunate to own, I have an extraordinary experience. As I have progressed in my skill level it has only produced greater pleasure. My ears thank me. I would eventually like to graduate to a model B, but that would only be possible and justified if I can make a decent career with my music.
When I look at the buildings that make up the Steinway campus I am truly amazed that this place makes musical instruments. A piano no less! It makes me think about industrialization in a whole different way. I see that profit making company with it's modest structures and output and I can't believe what a contribution they have made. They provide a machine that can make music. Something that seems to be the exact opposite of all that is bleak and terrible in humanity.
It may not be a big deal to most people, but to me it is utterly magical to look at that place. I hope they can survive well into the future because there aren't many companies like them left in this crazy world.
Cheers to you Steinway, I'll have a drink...
3 comments:
http://www.rhodespiano.com/
MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS, MAN I DIG THE RHODES SOUND IN THOSE DIRTY HARRY MOVIES WHEN THEY SHOW FRISCO, MAN LYLE MAYS PLAYS A STEINWAY, ON THE WAY UP DVD, INCREDIBLE!!!!!! YEA SOMETIMES I WISH I HAD DOUGH, MY GUITARS CHEAP AND FROM THE FAR EAST, THE KEYBOARD A YAMAHA SYNTH,,
OH WELL, I STILL PLAY THE LOTTERY. THATS COOL, THAT UVE GOT A STEINWAY. OVER AND OUT
Oh yeah, it's cool....man, it took many years and for like 5 years i didn't even have a decent keyboard to shed on...was the fucking pits! Workin towards making life better, one tiny piece at a time...Not only is the instrument cool, but the company is a rare breed indeed...
oh and i love the fatass hitchcock! - haha...made some killer pictures that were solid, tight and elegant from start to finish....no Bergman by any means - Persona is the darkest picture ever made...well except for the Mirror by tarkovsky and of course - T-Driver....but bergman was one up on me for dark and bleak and i love him for it...
love the rhodes, too!!
YEH, IN FACT I HAVE TO CHECK OUT BERGMAN,
YOU KNOW WHAT GETS ME IS THE WEIGHTED KEYS THING, I TOOK SEVERAL LESSONS, SO I MEAN, I PRACTICEDON THE YAMAHA, AND THEN I HAD TO GO TO THE TEARCHARS HOUSE WHJERE HE HAD THE GRAND AND IT WAS NICE!!!!!! PLUS ALL THAT AIR VIBRATING!!!!!!!NOTHING CAN REPLACE LIVE MUSIC MAN. SO I GOT BUMMED OUT U KNOW. I'LL GET A GRAND ONE DAY WHEN I BUILD MY STUDIO.
OVER AND OUT.
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