The piano, a bruised Brambach baby grand, lies at rest in a quiet corner of the still majestic grand lobby of the Cooper Arms, one of a handful of resort high-rise beach apartments and hotels to pop up on the shoreline of Long Beach in the 1920's. This cool ornate interior serves as a communal living room, echoing with activity and sheltering the building's residents and visitors from the noise of the world outside. I descend the elevator, say my hellos and walk to the corner of the lobby, music in hand. I sit down and play for a while.

From the Lobby of the Cooper Arms

Tagged as: Classical, Baroque, Classical Period, Instrumental, Composer: Claude Debussy, Composer: Erik Satie, Composer: Frederic Chopin, Composer: Isaac Albeniz, Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer: Maurice Ravel, Classical Piano, Composer: Robert Schumann.

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