upright piano
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During “Southern Man,” Micah Nelson walked over to an old, battered upright piano and admirably acquitted himself in the shading and spirit of Nils Lofgren’s work on the original.
From Salon • Aug. 19, 2025
The drama revolves around a precious heirloom, an upright piano carved with the faces of the family’s ancestors.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2022
He even saw to it that an upright piano was waiting in the living room.
From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2022
The title’s a nod to a fabled 1905 upright piano once used by British pianist Gladys Mills, which the Beatles and others later recorded with at Abbey Road Studios.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2022
Inside the house Onofre had a large library of both Spanish and English detective novels, an upright piano, and the best reception on his mammoth color TV set of anyone in the county.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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