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Weekly Contest #78
25.01.2021 The Hobbyist My new father arrived with just a suitcase, except a piano. As a student he was a drummer in a marching band, and also played the accordion occasionally, especially when he had a few drinks. The piano got its place in the bedroom. My mother owned at the time a small flat, part of a co-op. The new man in the house asked me if I want to learn to play. Sure, why not and I climbed up the musical scale. The lessons lasted three years until I became tired of “Diabelli” and “Czerny”. Afterall, it was the time of the Beatle...
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