Play it again, Pat
Australian Women’s Weekly NZ|November 2020
Will the return of an old family favourite be music to everyone’s ears?
PAT McDERMOTT
Play it again, Pat

‘Not bad for an old girl who hasn’t had her ivories tinkled for a while,” said Max. “Why thank you,” I gushed.

“He means the piano,” said the MOTH (Man Of The House). “Not you!”

Max and Reg were big blokes. They carried the piano to our living room from a basement storage cage where it had been ‘resting’ between engagements.

With grunts and a few terse orders (CAREFUL! OTHER SIDE NOW! WATCH THE WALL! OKAY! ON MY SIGNAL – DOWN!) Max and Reg placed the piano in the designated spot.

I’d felt guilty seeing the piano, alone and unloved down there, when I went to the storage cage for suitcases or the highchair because another grandchild had arrived. I wanted it back in our lives. Well, back in

MY life! I’d had piano lessons growing up and so did each of the kids.

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