The malls are alive to the sound of music after Braehead Shopping Centre installed a piano that plays itself!
Shoppers at Braehead have been staring in amazement at the black baby grand piano as the keys move up and down on their own..
And look who's the out-of-work pianist - only Elect's Johnny Collins!
Pianos that play themselves were once common—a good 90 years back, or so. Now they’re a little more magical, and that’s working in the centre’s favour. Shoppers have been loving it, staring in amazement at the black baby grand piano as the keys move up and down on their own playing all kinds of music.The pianola, made by Halle and Voight, can play up to 5000 tunes. It’s tucked away in the lower mall, but that hasn’t stopped it from gathering a crowd.
“As far as we know we’re the first shopping centre in Scotland to have a piano permanently installed in the middle of a mall – never mind one that plays itself – to entertain the shoppers,” said the center’s operations manager, Gary Turnbull. “When we have it playing, shoppers can’t believe what they are seeing and lots of people have been taking photographs of the piano keys moving up and down on their own to play the tunes.”
Clients should note that you can book Johnny through Elect for all sorts of acting roles, but that obviously, he's not all that accomplished a piano player..
Shoppers at Braehead have been staring in amazement at the black baby grand piano as the keys move up and down on their own..
And look who's the out-of-work pianist - only Elect's Johnny Collins!
Pianos that play themselves were once common—a good 90 years back, or so. Now they’re a little more magical, and that’s working in the centre’s favour. Shoppers have been loving it, staring in amazement at the black baby grand piano as the keys move up and down on their own playing all kinds of music.The pianola, made by Halle and Voight, can play up to 5000 tunes. It’s tucked away in the lower mall, but that hasn’t stopped it from gathering a crowd.
“As far as we know we’re the first shopping centre in Scotland to have a piano permanently installed in the middle of a mall – never mind one that plays itself – to entertain the shoppers,” said the center’s operations manager, Gary Turnbull. “When we have it playing, shoppers can’t believe what they are seeing and lots of people have been taking photographs of the piano keys moving up and down on their own to play the tunes.”
Clients should note that you can book Johnny through Elect for all sorts of acting roles, but that obviously, he's not all that accomplished a piano player..
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