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When I have been at Mayo MN there has often been a piano playing in the lower level of the Gonda /Mayo Bldg. lobby.. it does make people ...at least me... feel better about being there.. The Art in the lobbies also serve as distraction ... and that is very good.. Ken
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@ken82, That is our favorite place to sit between appointments. I once heard the pianist play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Old MacDonald Had a Farm for a child in a wheelchair - and everybody in the lobby sang along!
I love the piano playing at Mayo! I remember the first time I went there and was nervous about finding my way around - hearing the piano being played and the people listening nearby gave me a feeling I was at a place where people cared and wanted me to feel welcome.
@ken82 My husband had his kidney transplant at Scripps Green Hospital in La Jolla [CA]. They also have a piano sitting prominently in the center of the main floor welcome area. And some beautiful art on the walls in all areas. Until I went to Mayo last October, it never dawned on me that they were taking a page out of Mayo's book and creating such a beautiful space. When you go downstairs to the cafeteria, you have the option of sitting outside and looking out over the Pacific Ocean when the weather is nice.
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@ken82 Last Oct I was in that building, also. As I was on a tour, I think it might have been rude for me to sprint away [as fast as me and my cane can go!] to go sing along with the piano player ;))
Music has such a power.
Do certain pieces evoke a particular memory, be it happy, or sad, or melancholy? Does a certain piece ever take you, in your mind, right back to a place in time, including people and all? It does me!
Ginger