Piano Forte

<br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I began taking piano lessons when I was six years old. I am so grateful to my teacher, Mrs. Stone, for sharing her love of classical music with me. I recently began looking for photographs of pianos. The following selections celebrate the instruments as if they are sculpture. Darryl Carter’s 19^th century grand piano is especially beautiful – its graceful curves and burled wood highlighted by the living room’s serene aesthetic. <o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiASHFwf1dcKmsmEtZCZU_y0aFddnDF9GmnrEAB-5S6H6tPgIN2EVnMLdcWLsdkL3mR1LfuXouAVsw4zBk5j4OeQdoFMS3fvkfeinou2H7CedPsiUe-XiFIoa4kVGDifnvOPZ3gjsAO2tI/s1600/design-styles-ED1109-34-Carter-001%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiASHFwf1dcKmsmEtZCZU_y0aFddnDF9GmnrEAB-5S6H6tPgIN2EVnMLdcWLsdkL3mR1LfuXouAVsw4zBk5j4OeQdoFMS3fvkfeinou2H7CedPsiUe-XiFIoa4kVGDifnvOPZ3gjsAO2tI/s640/design-styles-ED1109-34-Carter-001%5B1%5D.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Living room of designer <a href="http://www.darrylcarter.com/">Darryl Carter</a>'s Washington, D.C. townhouse.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Elle Decor (November 2009).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Simon Upton.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxzy8Kg5ssb2STlimTYQnVjTVbsSFPzWO8-uVr1M1ZePmYplYbu7qwne3KY7hBzL0o7QHxZsO1UYG35jjHXLwxCJ4pF76KZUfi-cyYzmn7-ZMTHpfwNPAjWaQkGTzi6JAhS9io1DWd7a8/s1600/BlogPianosHouseBeautiful2006RubyBeets+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxzy8Kg5ssb2STlimTYQnVjTVbsSFPzWO8-uVr1M1ZePmYplYbu7qwne3KY7hBzL0o7QHxZsO1UYG35jjHXLwxCJ4pF76KZUfi-cyYzmn7-ZMTHpfwNPAjWaQkGTzi6JAhS9io1DWd7a8/s640/BlogPianosHouseBeautiful2006RubyBeets+(2).jpg" width="596" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.rubybeets.com/" target="_blank">Ruby Beets Old & New</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">House Beautiful (July 2006).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Don Freeman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmS6e6nQXYM4QLbDgWdGfC8_l2VQDH1dFzaNiZ5EPCICyppUuqKgPJEVaHleUrZ9F1JE1EWjw-Q1-sTdZoI9GbhSzuPZRLZEDmJMcrOASAppno9lSCrRAArftx_WhV7DmhtiGCySCgXq4/s1600/BlogPianosSouthernAccents+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmS6e6nQXYM4QLbDgWdGfC8_l2VQDH1dFzaNiZ5EPCICyppUuqKgPJEVaHleUrZ9F1JE1EWjw-Q1-sTdZoI9GbhSzuPZRLZEDmJMcrOASAppno9lSCrRAArftx_WhV7DmhtiGCySCgXq4/s640/BlogPianosSouthernAccents+(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.solisbetancourt.com/" target="_blank">Solis Betancourt</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Southern Accents.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Peter Margonelli.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHS2gkiKs9y7LXjVEFSobDXpemh6Co6NJfM_zJE8hGIYsizo_XPN1alIWRLZkWZbcNQm1MOL4bovw__mEJ4afAYHzF1ktUW5ZaL5YtZSMSaSTxq_A6BLR3p32b5F_MUcuTtOZj4lEWZ_0/s1600/BlogPianosTraditionalHomeFebruary2011+(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHS2gkiKs9y7LXjVEFSobDXpemh6Co6NJfM_zJE8hGIYsizo_XPN1alIWRLZkWZbcNQm1MOL4bovw__mEJ4afAYHzF1ktUW5ZaL5YtZSMSaSTxq_A6BLR3p32b5F_MUcuTtOZj4lEWZ_0/s640/BlogPianosTraditionalHomeFebruary2011+(3).jpg" width="486" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Note how the rounded shape, wood, and color of the bowls echo the shape, wood, and color of the piano.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hawaiian home of interior designer Mary Philpotts McGrath.</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Traditional Home (February 2011).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Joe Schmelzer.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVfu6ytmR7YJmC3cd1NnXNEScscZszZXcMj5LcUgRzVZUrUkfZw7ugE3nnhG9QZoDUCtbTPGPgWTuuInNXXHn9AJmXdvdB4jok1qLiPMa_sfm2A0OsMQPpbxzyJQZoT9pi6f6NpXrFLDM/s1600/BlogPianosTraditionalHomeSeptember2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVfu6ytmR7YJmC3cd1NnXNEScscZszZXcMj5LcUgRzVZUrUkfZw7ugE3nnhG9QZoDUCtbTPGPgWTuuInNXXHn9AJmXdvdB4jok1qLiPMa_sfm2A0OsMQPpbxzyJQZoT9pi6f6NpXrFLDM/s640/BlogPianosTraditionalHomeSeptember2010.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Music room of designer Katie Brown.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Traditional Home (September 2010).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Jonny Valiant.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbjcRqExW7tHpLH-uKLfFbWojEcMdowBD_ozgyDVlpgJQbONDZMa4NSZWqFsNbiDmaJfYIiDBPloWiHoILY_7QruOE64ume7laZbCqq9Qg7ZUzJs6pG5hco1-dIlDOu1vBISKeFbHnXy4/s1600/ElleDecorMartinLawrenceBullard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbjcRqExW7tHpLH-uKLfFbWojEcMdowBD_ozgyDVlpgJQbONDZMa4NSZWqFsNbiDmaJfYIiDBPloWiHoILY_7QruOE64ume7laZbCqq9Qg7ZUzJs6pG5hco1-dIlDOu1vBISKeFbHnXy4/s640/ElleDecorMartinLawrenceBullard.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Martyn Lawrence-Bullard.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elle Decor (February 2005).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Tim Street-Porter.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9nWsxek5hzCr-6E2WS7kDP3qUGmpYcP9BZ37pzGa54yzPgCoWMMDYJOqRybzZk4zZarkaxC6SegJILC0-v0xQayROzkRmX_FrTlTqsC_-jvxcOib2SdlGjKTKkbFL-86X-s51i9qjTUQ/s1600/noriega-ortiz-0508-2_md%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9nWsxek5hzCr-6E2WS7kDP3qUGmpYcP9BZ37pzGa54yzPgCoWMMDYJOqRybzZk4zZarkaxC6SegJILC0-v0xQayROzkRmX_FrTlTqsC_-jvxcOib2SdlGjKTKkbFL-86X-s51i9qjTUQ/s640/noriega-ortiz-0508-2_md%5B1%5D.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The homeowner's grandmother won this piano on <em>The Price is Right</em>.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.bnodesign.com/" target="_blank">Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Antoine Bootz.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Veranda (May 2008).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgYNU5-mYEXygTJnda50Ep5JFRe1aAOKTtbPriiHJTSxlnH1BcukMMe5okWq-7chQIGn844ipQe_re63a65tXsumF346ta88dLDkAVmzOQWutkhoXse6jWno4cbUyO5-qnye2OeyzgxCY/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.gleason-and-mcalpine-napa-home-03-salon%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgYNU5-mYEXygTJnda50Ep5JFRe1aAOKTtbPriiHJTSxlnH1BcukMMe5okWq-7chQIGn844ipQe_re63a65tXsumF346ta88dLDkAVmzOQWutkhoXse6jWno4cbUyO5-qnye2OeyzgxCY/s640/item2.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.gleason-and-mcalpine-napa-home-03-salon%5B1%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Casa Kulanu, the Napa Valley home of Rela Gleason, interior designer and creative director of fabric and furnishings company Summer Hill.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Bobby McAlphine, Architect.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Roger Davies.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architectural Digest (November 2011).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp-FWRkBUTmD0HM8msHwZsRx0MA8ERmo7fj0Er0oSa4N1_HeUHZ8KnVC8y3JKvK5dDaMHq4AnLIRyxzGBc8v7UDh4eBbrimpARdkvxtknuSSAlEmgZGooSqCpoexJH_J0TUu93KAAW_ps/s1600/item0.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.michael-lehrer-01-exterior%5B1%5D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp-FWRkBUTmD0HM8msHwZsRx0MA8ERmo7fj0Er0oSa4N1_HeUHZ8KnVC8y3JKvK5dDaMHq4AnLIRyxzGBc8v7UDh4eBbrimpARdkvxtknuSSAlEmgZGooSqCpoexJH_J0TUu93KAAW_ps/s640/item0.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.michael-lehrer-01-exterior%5B1%5D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Decor by JoAnne Brosnahan of Unique Custom Interiors.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Los Angeles house by Lehrer Architects LA.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Architectural Digest (July 2012).</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Roger Davies.</span></div><div align="center"></div>

Piano Forte

I began taking piano lessons when I was six years old. I am so grateful to my teacher, Mrs. Stone, for sharing her love of classical music...

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