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

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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. .

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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, —

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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

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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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.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 .

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