Al] - Wednesday, November 16, 1983 - North Shore News

HOME ENTERTAINMENT ’83

A POPULAR form of entertaining at home is
the hot tub party, a recent phenomenon which is
especially popular during ski season. This group
enjoys some outdoor warmth, even though the
air is wintery cold, in a tub they rented locally
from Kalabash Hot Tub rentals.

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Piano still popular

IN 1891, an_ enterprising
developer in Manhattan built
an upright piano into the wall
of each of his 48 new apart-
ments ‘‘just as other land-
lords build hat racks in the
hall or china closets in the
dining room,”’ according toa
contemporary newspaper
account

It was a sign of the times.
With total sales in the
milhons by the turn of the
twentieth century, the piano
had become the original
American home entertain
ment system

Today, despite
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Association reports that
almost a quarter-million in-
struments were sold last year.

Why has the piano surviv-
ed as one of America’s
favonte home entertainment
systems? Many point out that
more and more adults are
learning to play, often for the
same reasons that children
do

The piano is a no fail in
strument You need only a
small amount of training to
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this instant feedback appeals
as much to adults as to
children

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simultaneously, it has the
largest solo repertoire of any
instrument. The availability
of piano ‘‘software’’ — sheet
music and songbooks — cov-
ering all types of music, ts at-
tractive to adults who want to

play and hear their old
favontes.
Finally, as we do more

party-giving at home, we are
rediscovering the instru-
ment’s entertainment value.
A piano enables all of the
guests to get involved, and
can change moods instantly
to match the Now of the
party

So the prano is sulla favor
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