Amidst the ethnic wars in western China, the ongoing fragility of world markets, and the redundant outpouring of emotion over MJ's passing (largely from emotionally stunted individuals who never show a shred of love and affection to even their own friends and families in real life), it's nice to throw out a random harmless story about pianos.
The term Una Corda is a musical direction for the depression of a soft pedal on the piano. It’s literal meaning is “one string”. Una Corda is also the name of a non-profit organisation run by volunteers from Ireland’s music community, that works to train and equip Cuban piano-tuners. They are now in the final stages of being awarded charitable status as a cultural and educational exchange project.
Now if we could just get The Uighur and The Han a bunch of 6 strings, we could have a real feel good story on our hands.
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