The Piano Place proudly donated a piano to Music Shapes. Music shapes had the magnificent idea to turn this donated piano into a "street piano" but formally called Kaleidoscope Keys. so all of the piano components were weatherized and rebuilt to withstand the weather changes. Music Shapes’ founders Barrett and Derek Steinhoff, who are also piano technicians, completed this process.
Jeanne Barrett (pictured above) stated “The name of the piano is Kaleidoscope Keys. One, being an engineer, I just love geometry and spirographs and kaleidoscopes — and I have a collection of them — so it is just a fun theme to have”.
Shaun Hayes, left, the executive director of the Paint Creek Center for the Arts; Jeanne Barrett, the founding director of Music Shapes; Alana Stultz, the PCCA’s community engagement coordinator; and Lisa Brandt, an artist who designed the piano; along with Scott Blackett, the manager of the Piano Place, at the unveiling of “Kaleidoscope Keys” street piano to the community on June 8, 2022.
Photo by Erin Sanchez from C&G News
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