Clicking Our Heels – Favorite Musical Instruments – One We Dream of or One We Actually Play

Clicking Our Heels – Favorite Musical Instruments – One We Dream of or One We Actually Play

donalee Moulton – If I could play a musical instrument, and sadly I don’t, I’d like to think it would be something offbeat and out there, like the glass armonica invented by Benjamin Franklin. Most likely, when forced to make a decision, I would opt for something more practical and familiar, like the piano. But I would rest a wine glass in the corner to remind me of what could have been.

Mary Lee Ashford – I play piano – not well but I play – but only with sheet music in front of me. I very much wish I could play by ear. I envy those who can hear a song and pick it out on an instrument after hearing it. My husband can do that. And his late sister, Joy, was a master at it. What a gift!

Gay Yellen – I would have kept up my piano lessons.

Bethany Maines – I think if I was forced to pick, I’d like the cello. I love the deep, resonant sound it produces. That being said, learning any instrument just looks hard. My daughter took up clarinet last year, and I was impressed that her instructor got any noise out of them, let alone an entire classful of kids to make a recognizable song. I think music is one of the miracles of human existence.

Lois Winston – Piano, but I wound up taking violin lessons because a relative had a violin that wasn’t being used, and my parents wouldn’t buy a piano. After my husband and I bought our first house, we purchased a used upright for $75, and I began taking lessons. Then I became pregnant, and it was just too tiring to work all day and come home to practice in the evening

Debra H. Goldstein – I’ve always thought the harp has a romantic look to it, but being practical, I play piano.

Judy Penz Sheluk – I wish. In grade 9 we had to pick an instrument. By the time I sauntered in, the only one left was the viola. Let’s just say “resin your bow” became my teacher’s desperate plea. I’m sure he was grateful I dropped the class in grade 10. But since then I’ve seen fabulous violin/viola players in rock bands and folk groups. Maybe if I’d stuck with it…but then I remember that I always forgot to resin my bow.

Kathleen Kaska – I’ve always wanted to learn how to play the piano.

Saralyn Richard – I’ve played the piano since I was five years old, but not consistently, and not very well. I don’t have my piano anymore, but keep thinking that one day I will get another one and resume lessons.

T.K. Thorne – I play the piano, and I wish I could play it.