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New piano provides more music at Malley
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| Shelly Bleckleay tried out the baby grand piano that was delivered earlier Nov. 18 to the Malley Senior Recreation center as Selwyn Hewitt, chairman of the Malley Trust Fund, looks on. The trust fund purchased the piano that comes with a digital music playing system to replace the 1980s vintage upright piano that was nearing the end of its useful life. Photo by Tom Munds |
By Tom Munds
Lunch-goers gathered around to check out the newly purchased baby grand piano sitting in a corner of the Malley Senior Recreation Center community room.
“It wasn’t a hard decision to buy a new piano,” Selwin Hewitt, Malley Trust Fund chairman said when the piano was delivered Nov. 18. “The old upright piano we had was bought when the center was open in the early 1980s. It was near the end of its useful life and we felt we needed a piano. So we set out to see if we could buy one.”
Hewitt said the trust fund board members then embarked to learn about pianos.
“It was amazing,” he said. “I wound up learning a lot more about pianos than I ever knew was available. We learned about the pros and cons of the different types and which one probably would be best for Malley.”
The Malley Trust Fund, the group established to manage money donated to the center to pay for improvements not covered by the city budget, was required by the rules to obtain three bids for a piano purchase.
Hewitt said, in obtaining the three bids, the board met with Bob Baker who owns Baker Piano Studio.
“Bob was a great help to us,” he said. “He helped us with the information we needed then, he gave us an excellent purchase on a very nice instrument for the center. He even took the old upright piano as a trade in.”
The result was the trust fund bought the Kawai baby grand piano, but they bought one with a special feature — a digital music playing system with a selection of about 2,000 songs it can play without someone sitting at the keyboard.
“This is really a nice addition to our center,” said Joe Sack, Malley facility supervisor as he checked out the new purchase. “It has a marvelous sound. The piano teacher is excited and the members of the Malley Swing Band are excited we have a new piano. Additionally, the digital player means there will be a lot more music in the center in the coming days. It turns our community room into a ballroom and now, if we don’t have someone to play the piano, we can use the digital system to provide piano music during lunch and at social events.”
Malley Senior Center has a new piano
Replacement needed because old piano was worn out
New baby grand includes digital player system to create music without pianist
“It wasn’t a hard decision to buy a new piano,” Selwin Hewitt, Malley Trust Fund chairman said when the piano was delivered Nov. 18. “The old upright piano we had was bought when the center was open in the early 1980s. It was near the end of its useful life and we felt we needed a piano. So we set out to see if we could buy one.”
Hewitt said the trust fund board members then embarked to learn about pianos.
“It was amazing,” he said. “I wound up learning a lot more about pianos than I ever knew was available. We learned about the pros and cons of the different types and which one probably would be best for Malley.”
The Malley Trust Fund, the group established to manage money donated to the center to pay for improvements not covered by the city budget, was required by the rules to obtain three bids for a piano purchase.
Hewitt said, in obtaining the three bids, the board met with Bob Baker who owns Baker Piano Studio.
“Bob was a great help to us,” he said. “He helped us with the information we needed then, he gave us an excellent purchase on a very nice instrument for the center. He even took the old upright piano as a trade in.”
The result was the trust fund bought the Kawai baby grand piano, but they bought one with a special feature — a digital music playing system with a selection of about 2,000 songs it can play without someone sitting at the keyboard.
“This is really a nice addition to our center,” said Joe Sack, Malley facility supervisor as he checked out the new purchase. “It has a marvelous sound. The piano teacher is excited and the members of the Malley Swing Band are excited we have a new piano. Additionally, the digital player means there will be a lot more music in the center in the coming days. It turns our community room into a ballroom and now, if we don’t have someone to play the piano, we can use the digital system to provide piano music during lunch and at social events.”
Malley Senior Center has a new piano
Replacement needed because old piano was worn out
New baby grand includes digital player system to create music without pianist
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