pianos and benches

When I was young I desperately wanted to play the piano.  The fact that we didn't own a piano seemed irrelevant to my mind – we knew people who did have one and surely they'd love to hear me practice. Wisely my mother determinedly said no, knowing full well I would likely never have stuck it out.  And I wouldn't have - my fingers are not of the long, elegant variety desirable for reaching the keys. 

But, for Jude's October Bench Series of 'occupied benches' I present these piano benches

here is a woman posing at playing a sculptured piano in Valencia

and these are people playing real pianos for Play Me I'm Yours 

above are two of the 41 pianos in Toronto 

and below one from Stratford (Ont) and another from Glasgow