{"id":1172,"date":"2015-04-15T10:48:48","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T10:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/music\/?p=1172"},"modified":"2015-05-08T09:48:29","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T09:48:29","slug":"meet-the-pianos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/music\/2015\/04\/15\/meet-the-pianos\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the pianos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Almost all of our students and staff use some form of keyboard nearly every day.\u00a0 They are indispensable for a whole range of our activities &#8211; whether for solo performance or accompaniment, for bands and ensembles, or for working out harmony exercises and new composition ideas.<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/music\/files\/2015\/03\/pianoTurnerSims.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1111\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/music\/files\/2015\/03\/pianoTurnerSims-300x231.jpg\" alt=\"pianoTurnerSims\" width=\"300\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/music\/files\/2015\/03\/pianoTurnerSims-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/music\/files\/2015\/03\/pianoTurnerSims.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Because<a title=\"Studying the piano on video\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/music\/2015\/03\/17\/studying-the-piano-on-video\/\" target=\"_blank\"> keyboards<\/a> are so central to our programmes, they also represent the largest cost in our performance budget.\u00a0 We are starting a new funding drive to help.\u00a0 In our new series of Meet the Piano videos, David Owen Norris introduces some of the instruments we need support to maintain.\u00a0 The first one explores one of our beautiful historic pianos &#8211; a Ganer square from 1781.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DvQSXjG9Re4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>If you can help &#8211; go to the <a title=\"Support US page\" href=\"https:\/\/www.southampton.ac.uk\/supportus\/donatenow\/\" target=\"_blank\">university&#8217;s online donation page<\/a> and choose &#8216;Music Performance&#8217; from the options provided.\u00a0 Even a small gift can make a difference.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost all of our students and staff use some form of keyboard nearly every day.\u00a0 They are indispensable for a whole range of our activities &#8211; whether for solo performance or accompaniment, for bands and ensembles, or for working out harmony exercises and new composition ideas. 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