Fats Domino's Katrina-damaged grand piano restored

[alsame]

Fats Domino's Katrina-damaged grand piano restored
By STACEY PLAISANCE
The Associated Press

A white Steinway grand piano salvaged from musician Fats Domino's home after Hurricane Katrina has been restored and will be the centerpiece of an exhibit in New Orleans' French Quarter.

The piano was damaged after water poured through a broken levee during the August 2005 storm, flooding Domino's home in the Lower 9th Ward.

Its restoration came through $30,000 donated to the Louisiana Museum Foundation.

The largest gift of $18,000 came from Allan Slaight, a retired music producer in Miami. Other donations came from Sir Paul McCartney, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Tipitina's Foundation.

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http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130502/APA/1305020901

[virgogal]

1. Fats Domino was "THE MAN" whan I was young. Nice to hear his piano was restored.

[Brother Buzz]

2. Ah, a second Steinway

I remember seeing a photograph of Fats Domino's other piano in a museum a few months back; it was in an arrested state of, well...

[nolabear]

3. Ah, so good to hear. Play on, Fat Man.

He's a god.

[kentuck]

4. Good old Fats!

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. Happy news.

If you have not had a chance to see the recent tv series "Treme", it is very good and focuses a lot on the plight of the New Orleans muscians post Katrina.

[niyad]

6. that is nice

[mitchtv]

7. Nothing from Pat Boone?

he owes

[Cha]

8. THis is fantastic.. thanks alsame..