Congregation members Jennifer Self and Brooke Joyce, Music Director, are pleased to donate this lovely, old Estey piano, which has been in their home for the past ten years, to Good Shepherd. Brooke reports that the piano was built in 1918 or 1919, and that Estey pianos were well-built, practical, robust instruments for home use, not necessarily intended for the concert stage. Prior to its place in the Self/Joyce home, it was used in an Eyota, MN, area church. How did the 450 pound piano get to Good Shepherd? If you were doing church yard clean-up on a recent Thursday afternoon, you would have seen four Luther wrestlers pushing and guiding a dolly with the piano safely strapped to it from its home on Fifth Avenue, down Ohio Street and Iowa Avenue to its new home. The piano, which eventually will be situated on a dolly for ease of movement, is in place in our sanctuary next to the Hook & Hastings organ and is enriching our worship services and the congregation’s love of music.
Four Luther Student Wrestlers have no problem wrangling this piano through the streets of Decorah.
A brief meeting takes place in deciding the perfect destination.
Joyce is tempted in changing his mind, and rolling the piano back to his home.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Good Shepherd is fully accessible to all. 