In. two” years 5 Mark:
‘Lambert: Stewart, has

had. ‘to. move_ twelve |
- times:. ‘He has: lived in
‘small. houses, depress-

in g~ anartments, -

vane wenw , ee

ment quarters with poor
facilities and. cramped -
furnished rooms. - He ©
has. been evicted ‘from .

all of them. and at best

asked politely but firm-
ly to leave. Pa
All because of his- aby

grand. piano. It goes where
Mark goes, or more exactly,

it goes because Mark goes. |

“After his twelfth eviction

March decided to forego his |

usual advertisement, “young ©
pianist with _ grand ‘piano —
looking for a place to live,’’
and try to find a permanent

music studio where he could
practice any time that he
wanted to and not fear the |

wrath of a querulous Tand-—
lord. _

Ee needed a @ place ali his -
own where no one could tell |
him to~ leave, but the |
problem was finding | such a .
place on an income which.
depended on odd jobs and
some small savings. 7

‘Since houses and land
were financially out of the
question, he started cruising
motor courts. He looked at
trailers, step vans, mobile
homes, Volkswagen vans and
finally buses. .

Buses had an- instant .
appeal to Mark. He found his.
1968 GMC in Saskatchewan

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price ‘in- Vancouver and
exactly. the size he wanted,
wanted.

him now - was. fitting a aby.
grand. piano into. a vehicle.
_originaliy intended to trans-—
port. children.-- ee

His” father came- to” ‘the
“pescue.. Together - they took ©
the séats out and measured _
the. piano, and ‘the ‘distance’: ‘Jarte
between the arch of the door: .
_and the top ‘step. ‘The door’.
_.was too.small even if the: lid”
of the Piano. were removed.

’ playing -
-. buy” his Piano. and. now his |

bus. eee
“Finally, “Mark ‘called: as ,
mobile - repairman | who _y old and : constant.
Beveled the trot stem, fend, mae sa
Then, . with — “additional. take second ‘position in. his:

movers, ‘and his father,- he’
managed to ease the piano
into the bus. His organ,
"speakers, hi-fi and a Synthe-
sizer followed, —

“turned out:to be: possessive

. has’ devised a way - of

it. was beginning to: feel

like home. But it. wasn’t. Systems. ee
_ home for him untif he added | :
a gold rug anda chiffelera | “His practice time has been

, ‘consumed by the search for
‘fuel pumps, gas” heats

plant.

Mark started playing ‘the.
piano at the age of five and at
- the age of 15 he won a
‘Western. Canada. - - music.
scholarship. Four years ago, .
at seventeen, he. gave up
studying classical’ music
‘because he felt that he didn’t
have the necessary discipline
to become a serious concert.
pianist.

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He stopped taking lessons,
reevaluated his musical
-capabilifies and- interests, -
ecame involved in jazz. .
ozart and . Bach. were.
replaced by. new idols, Keith ~

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call 987-2968

- Sife ‘because. ‘the. bus. has’

“inits ‘needs. Althongh Mark ;

cabarets which helped ‘him ee

the bus.

securing the ‘piano,’ . the |
‘problems facing him now are o
_ the. aang and. "Security =

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To. temperature and humidity. :

guages. ~ 7

.Meanwhile, he is. s making |

the’ bus: comfortable . and
adding the kind of personal -

- touches that make the place a
~- comfortable . ‘place to. live.
- Until \the | security system,
with its myriad alarms, is _
he intends to live in -:
| ‘down on the 300
block E..1st St., N.V. with his .

dog; practicing the music he
loves. best. 7 oot

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