"Just go with it"

Austine is a first-year student at Brown, a likely music and STEM double-concentrator, and an avid musician. She plays piano with chamber ensembles and has tried out an assortment of instruments since coming to Brown last fall: everything from violin to euphonium to trombone to recorder. "It's interesting to see how you play each instrument differently," she observed. With the piano installation, Austine noticed how her technique changed from her typical piano playing: "The way the keys are... it tells you what to play." She reflected that sometimes her piano at home will get a stuck key, and it can be really frustrating to work around that when playing. With this piano today, however, more than half the keys were sticking. "It doesn't bother me as much," she said. "You just go with it."

Days in place: 78

Weather: partly sunny, 55°F