Boston Children's Museum, near the Milk Bottle
Piano decorated by Amanda Baldi, hosted by Children’s Museum and donated by Sarah Astesano.
Downtown
Greenway/Waterfront
Back Bay
Fenway/Kenmore
- Berklee College of Music Bookstore, 1090 Boylston St (11)
- Berklee College of Music, 7 Haviland St (16)
- Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave (5)
- Boston University East Courtyard, 595 Commonwealth Ave (16)
- Boston University George Sherman Courtyard, Commonwealth Ave (16)
- Emerald Necklace Visitors Center, 125 The Fenway (18)
- Fenway Park, 174 Ipswich St (6)
- Fenway Victory Gardens (8)
- Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck St in the courtyard (9)
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 280 The Fenway (13)
- Kenmore Square, 500 Commonwealth Ave (9)
- Mary Baker Eddy Library, 200 Massachusetts Ave (14)
- Massachusetts College of Art, 578 Huntington Ave (16)
- Museum of Fine Arts, Huntington Ave Plaza (23)
- New England Conservatory, Huntington Ave/Gainsborough St (16)
- Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Ave (11)
South End
Neighborhoods of Boston
- Adams Park, 6 Cummins Highway, Roslindale (7)
- Boston Nature Center, 500 Walk Hill St, Mattapan (11)
- Castle Island, near Sullivan’s, South Boston (17)
- Charlestown Navy Yard, Charlestown (8)
- Cunningham Park, Sparhawk St/Murdock St, Brighton (20)
- Everett Theatre, 15 Fairmount Ave, Hyde Park (11)
- Franklin Park Zoo, near the zebra entrance, Dorchester (7)
- Gertrude Howes Playground, 74 Moreland St, Roxbury (19)
- Hyde Park Community Center, 1179 River St, Hyde Park (10)
- J.P. Licks, 659 Centre St, Jamaica Plain (17)
- Logan Airport, near Customs at Terminal E at arrivals level (24)
- The Strand Theatre, 543 Columbia Rd, Dorchester (25)
- Theodore Parker Unitarian Church, 1859 Centre St, W Rox (13)
- Washington Square, 1628 Beacon St, Brookline (74)
- Whittier Street Apartments,1170 Tremont St, Roxbury (12)
Cambridge/Somerville
- 1 Kendall Square (26)
- 1667 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge (16)
- Brattle Plaza, Harvard Square, in front of EMS store (30)
- Cambridge Center, near Kendall/MIT Station (43)
- Central Square, Jill Brown-Rhone Memorial Pk/La Luna Café (27)
- Davis Square, Somerville (71)
- Harvard Holyoke Center, 75 Mount Auburn St, Cambridge (45)
Piano 33/40!
I had so much fun with the puppets! What a cool piano!
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Melsen Carlsen // Oct 27, 2013 at 2:12 am
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Thank you to everyone who made this possible! I loved seeing the many, many smiles!
Amanda Baldi // Oct 18, 2013 at 4:03 am
Report this commentMet so many great people with the street pianos. I ended up playing 53/75, and performed a different song at each piano, you can watch them all at
http://www.youtube.com/michaelmmusic
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Michael Maloney // Oct 16, 2013 at 5:00 pm
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Too bad the piano was locked on the day we visited. Piano # 28 of 36 on 10/9/13
Katie // Oct 16, 2013 at 3:22 pm
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October 14th, the male puppet has his strings detached. A voice is heard from the dark box inside the piano: "It's our last chance, my Dear. See that little boat that is waiting outside, made to size just for us? My chains are broken, I will set you free and we will sail away when the night falls."
Magdalena Taber // Oct 15, 2013 at 8:57 pm
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Ningyi Xi is trying to win the competition for playing the highest number of pianos.
Magdalena Taber // Oct 15, 2013 at 7:51 pm
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The kids loved the puppets dancing when you hit the right notes.
Peter Brown // Oct 14, 2013 at 4:16 am
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My name is Jill Santos and I'm the current Miss Mendocino County from California. My platform is Music and Art Therapy for the Elderly and piano is the main source of therapy I provide for them, which is why finding these pianos was so special to me. I was in Boston for five days for an Alzheimer's Symposium at Harvard with my mom, and as soon as we learned about the pianos, we printed the map and searched for them all! Unfortunately we couldn't extend our trip anymore, but I did find 47 of them. It has been a wonderful adventure and experience playing in special places and meeting new people all over Boston. :)
Jill Santos // Oct 14, 2013 at 3:42 am
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The night time long exposure blur amplifies the poignancy of the moment. After playing the piano at the Children's Museum, Tony DeBlois and his mother slowly walk away into the darkness of the night. Janice with a brace on her leg and a cane is leading her blind son toward the next piano on their remarkable journey.
Magdalena Taber // Oct 14, 2013 at 1:57 am
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One of my favorite pianos - so far. I'm going out again next weekend to play as many as I can get to.
Folk Arts Center of New England // Oct 4, 2013 at 1:34 am
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