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Porter Square Shopping Mall, Cambridge

Piano decorated by Kate Gilbert and donated by Mike Silver. Thanks to TAGS Hardware, Cambridge Arts Council. Piano opening hours Mon-Sat 8:00am-9:00pm & Sun 9:00am-7:00pm.

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Here is Kate Gilbert spinning the magic with her sewing machine and an iron.

Magdalena Taber // Oct 18, 2013 at 2:23 am
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Sooo blurry...but the beauty of the fabric wrapped around this piano by Kate Gilbert compels me to share it.

Magdalena Taber // Oct 17, 2013 at 8:03 pm
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I'm a Boston singer/songwriter, and met 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
https://www.facebook.com/michaelmmusic

Michael Maloney // Oct 16, 2013 at 5:17 pm
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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 4:35 am
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A duet.

Peter Brown // Oct 13, 2013 at 9:48 pm
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This is Ava. She's got great parents and you can just tell she's going to be a star someday! I can say I heard her when...

Kate // Oct 9, 2013 at 10:04 pm
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Grandmother and granddaughter play a tune together.

Anne // Oct 9, 2013 at 3:48 am
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One of the most amazingly adorned pianos.

Jude Griffin // Oct 9, 2013 at 12:36 am
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Piano outside TAGS Hardware at Porter Square

Melody Pao // Sep 30, 2013 at 3:07 am
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Pianos of Cambridge - Porter Square to Harvard Square

Mitchell // Sep 30, 2013 at 1:20 am
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Ready for playing after a tune-up. Lovely!

Karin // Sep 29, 2013 at 1:45 am
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I was walking passed the hardware store in Porter yesterday when I heard a gorgeous live version of Rhapsody in Blue floating across the parking lot. The contrast between the busy shopping center and the unexpected Gershwin was magical. I didn't know about the piano project. I thought it was just a man who dragged a piano out onto the sidewalk. Last night we came across a large group of bar patrons banging out an earnest, but slightly off tempo Lean on Me. This whole project is genius. It changed a walk during which I normally retreat from all the noise and people into something much better, much happier.

Katie // Sep 28, 2013 at 5:53 pm
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finding my neighborhood scattered with pianos was a perfect end to the week

Lindsay // Sep 28, 2013 at 4:32 am
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Preview of artist Kate Gilbert's piano.

Street Pianos Boston // Sep 21, 2013 at 5:53 pm
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