Another washed-up piano? No, it’s been put there for the birds

Another washed-up piano? No, it’s been put there for the birds

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norman lebrecht

June 09, 2014

puffin

Not the East River, beneath the Brooklyn Bridge.

This is Coquet Island, a bird sanctuary off the northeast coast of England, where puffins come to nest. Apparently, the jolly birds like to make music. So ornithologists have furnished them with an electronic keyboard, drums, triangle and bell and are waiting to collect enough sounds for a full CD.

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