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Dana Jean

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The High Seas
This one....

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Yeah, that is a tough one.
 

Doc Creed

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Every night of the All State Choir conference at about 11pm, all of the high school singers taking part in the KMEA conference come out to the balconies of the 18 story Hyatt hotel in Louisville to sing the Star-Spangled Banner.
Wow, great acoustics. This reminds me of the moment in The Stand when Stu leads the National Anthem at the first Free Zone Committee in Boulder.
 

Sundrop

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From the file of neat stuff......
Napoleon Hat Shape Piano, one of the earliest surviving upright pianos, commissioned by Queen Victoria in 1853, made in England as a wedding gift for Napoleon III, a nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte. Made of walnut wood, the piano has beautifully carved decorations of roses and figs on its legs and pedals


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Doc Creed

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From the file of neat stuff......
Napoleon Hat Shape Piano, one of the earliest surviving upright pianos, commissioned by Queen Victoria in 1853, made in England as a wedding gift for Napoleon III, a nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte. Made of walnut wood, the piano has beautifully carved decorations of roses and figs on its legs and pedals


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Gorgeous piano.
The person that bought this would be obligated to first play "Waterloo" by ABBA, wouldn't they? (Boo hiss groan);)