Please play me, passers by

As part of this year’s Festival of Ideas a number of pianos have been littered around Cambridge for members of the public to play.

After Cambridge, the Street Pianos project will move on to China

by Varsity News

This article is 13 years old

Friday October 26 2012, 3:03am

The pianos have been designed by local artists and adorned with the slogan “Play me, I’m Yours.” Cambridge is the latest city to host the ‘Street Pianos’ project of artist Luke Jerram.

The event took on a sour note when one of the pianos was dragged across Midsummer Common and abandoned after losing its wheels. If you have pictures of the piano project around Cambridge email them to news@varsity.co.uk where we will be running a gallery of the best submissions.

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