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In reply to the discussion: What will be your first post when you hear than the Con is leaving the White House [View all]3catwoman3
(23,973 posts)...and piccolo, and learned enough basic guitar chords to do a few folk songs. I have a wonderful 1918 Gulbransen upright grand (what I call a Sunday school piano), that I still play, although with a very limited repertoire and only when I am home alone so no one can hear my many mistakes. It is an old-fashioned player piano with the pump-it-yourself foot pedals.
I take out my 56 year old Gemeinhardt flute from time to time, and play along with something on YouTube when I can pick out the melody. One of my cats shows up and meows loudly when I do this. I can't tell is she is trying to "sing along," or trying to get me to stop.
My most recent musical involvement is being a member of a small handbell choir at the little Unitarian Universalist congregation where I have been a member for the last 8 years. Totally different, and fun.
From reading some of your posts, I know you are a much more accomplished musician than I.