Hat tip to Phil Bondi for sending this to me.

If you have not yet seen this, check it out:

Great Piano Commercial

Do you know the Paraphrases by Borodin, et al.? It is a similar idea, inspired by Borodin's daughter who wanted to play the piano with her father, but only knew how to play a version of Chopsticks.

That's cute! Thanks for sharing.

It's Awww-some.


Thank you Rich & Phil

That was wonderful.

Cathy

Fabulous.

Will try this with some of my customers now....

Norbert

Awesome!

Wow! I love it! Thanks for sharing.

Encouragement. Isn't that what we're all here for?
rada

That was just terrific -- a real day brightener. Thank you.

It's a nice public service spot. I'm sure it must have been inspired by an urban legend that has circulated for years.

The predominant version seems to feature Paderewski as the doting pianist and "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" as the song played by the little boy, but I've seen variations substituting Horowitz as the pianist and/or "Chopsticks" as the song.

Here's the text of the Paderewski/Twinkle version:

http://www.acousticbylines.com/quotes-jokes-stories/paderewski.htm

I'm actually surprised Snopes.com doesn't have an article debunking this ...

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A version with Horowitz would likely be the least plausible. At certain points in his career, he probably would have had a nervous breakdown had he come on stage to meet this.

Some pastors have been known to use this story in sermons. How neat that it has been made into a video!

Effective presentation of the joy of making music.

How the hell did the parents lose their child...lol

Cute ad...

That's a lovely ad.

Now why doesn't NAMM do something USEFUL - like buy national media time with this ad!

I wonder what would happen in a real situation.

Wow (:
That was cool ! :]
Great post !

I have met some artists that I think would have reacted just the same way as the man on the commercial. I've also met some.... who wouldn't.

So, I guess it depends.

What was that piece that the pianist played?
Was it like ... improv ?
Or was it an actual piece? :]
I wanna play it!

I remember hearing the Paderewski story years ago - I believe it is true.

I think in a real situation, the security would have acted before the pianist knew it. I don't think the curtain would even open. Maybe I am just too unromantic.

Absolutely adorable!!

I had heard it too. I don't know if it is true, of course, but I'd like to believe it is, Don.