The Backs - Garret Hostel Lane
Chris was missing his piano so much, and then....
Janet Cottell, janet.cottell@googlemail.com // Dec 14, 2012 at 7:10 pm
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Many thanks to Cambridge Ballerina Project and Claude Schneider Photography.
Claude Schneider Photography // Dec 5, 2012 at 3:32 pm
Report this commentEight pianos, nine musicians, four cameras and one dog.
finder // Nov 12, 2012 at 8:03 pm
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Adam at the Backs
(I hope uploading this smaller version works)
Adam B // Nov 2, 2012 at 9:04 pm
Report this commentLots of people passing, no people playing.
David Donnan // Nov 2, 2012 at 6:27 pm
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These guys were much better than us! We were impressed.
Josephine Paterson // Oct 31, 2012 at 4:25 pm
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Out walking on Sunday afternoon with my daughter we came across the first of the piano's on our walk. Great photo opportunity!!
Gary & Kincso Freeman // Oct 30, 2012 at 4:16 am
Report this commentA brief clip of HMS Pinafore with CUG&S
Yanqing Cheng // Oct 28, 2012 at 8:32 am
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A (rather grainy) photo of the Cambridge University Gilbert and Sullivan society doing a little sing-through of HMS Pinafore by this piano! It was dark and cold but lots and lots of fun.
Yanqing Cheng // Oct 28, 2012 at 12:06 am
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Having walked here from Silver Street, I grabbed this shot just as brother and sister were leaving, and it's not technically perfect!
© Francis J Pullen 2012
Francis // Oct 27, 2012 at 2:37 pm
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A day off from work meant that I had the chance to do something different and I took photos of all of the pianos.
Symon Reynolds // Oct 24, 2012 at 6:09 pm
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This is the Baratt and Robinson, the youngest of the Cambridge Street Pianos, built in 1966 at The Grove, Crouch End, North London.
It will be interesting to see how this one copes with two weeks of being exposed to the elements.
This piano has a Kastner-Wehlau floating Centre action. It differs from most actions because the bushings that are used on the interconnecting moving wooden parts are made of plastic Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) rather than felt. The idea being that felt bushings can swell when the atmospheric moisture content is high causing the action to become sluggish or stop playing altogether where as the plastic ones should stay the same. There are at least two pianos fitted with this type of action on the project. The other is the Challen 988. Both instruments were donated because the actions were very worn and noisy.
Cambridge Uni // Oct 22, 2012 at 1:05 pm
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