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  • Mal Moved in w/ McCartney at Cavendis Ave.

    From nyarlathotep1@nyarlathotep1@hotmail.com (Norbert) to rec.music.beatles on Sun Oct 6 19:17:29 2024
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    After moving to 7 Cavendish Avenue, with Jane Asher on an American tour,
    and having fired his two housekeepers, McCartney invited Mal Evans to
    move in with him. According to Womack's Evans bio:

    Mal's quarters at 7 Cavendish Avenue were located in the basement, but
    his favorite part of the house was the third floor, where Paul had
    assembled a sumptuous music room. "We were to send many pleasant
    evenings in the little room at the top of the house," Mal wrote. The
    space was filled with instruments, but its centerpiece was "a very gaily decorated piano." Painted by Simon Posthuma and Marijke Koger -- Dutch
    artists who would adopt "the Fool" as the name of their design
    collective -- the piano had been designed by pop art designers Dudley
    Edwards and his partner Doulas Binder in October 1966. Because of its psychedelic imagery, Paul took to calling the instrument his "magic
    piano."
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  • From super70s@super70s@super70s.invalid to rec.music.beatles on Mon Oct 7 06:34:29 2024
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    On 2024-10-06 19:17:29 +0000, Norbert said:

    After moving to 7 Cavendish Avenue, with Jane Asher on an American tour,
    and having fired his two housekeepers, McCartney invited Mal Evans to
    move in with him. According to Womack's Evans bio:

    Mal's quarters at 7 Cavendish Avenue were located in the basement, but
    his favorite part of the house was the third floor, where Paul had
    assembled a sumptuous music room. "We were to send many pleasant
    evenings in the little room at the top of the house," Mal wrote. The
    space was filled with instruments, but its centerpiece was "a very gaily decorated piano." Painted by Simon Posthuma and Marijke Koger -- Dutch artists who would adopt "the Fool" as the name of their design
    collective -- the piano had been designed by pop art designers Dudley
    Edwards and his partner Doulas Binder in October 1966. Because of its psychedelic imagery, Paul took to calling the instrument his "magic
    piano."

    Hasn't Paul played some kind of similar psychedelic painted piano
    onstage in recent years?

    I don't know if it's the same one, or if he'd want to subject something
    with such sentimental value to the rigors of touring.

    Although he does play one of his vintage '60s basses regularly doesn't
    he. The security around that thing must rival the Mona Lisa, lol.

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  • From nyarlathotep1@nyarlathotep1@hotmail.com (Norbert) to rec.music.beatles on Mon Oct 7 12:17:22 2024
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    Yes, I've seen that piano. The painting is impressive.

    I think McCartney's Hofner *was* stolen at one point in the 60s, but
    somehow he eventually re-acquired it.
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  • From Geoff@geoff@nospamgeoffwood.org to rec.music.beatles on Tue Oct 8 10:48:17 2024
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    On 8/10/2024 1:17 am, Norbert wrote:
    Yes, I've seen that piano.-a The painting is impressive.

    I think McCartney's Hofner *was* stolen at one point in the 60s, but
    somehow he eventually re-acquired it.

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/paul-mccartney-hofner-bass-returned-lost-bass-project/
    --
    geoff
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  • From nyarlathotep1@nyarlathotep1@hotmail.com (Norbert) to rec.music.beatles on Tue Oct 8 10:56:47 2024
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    Thanks for the link! So it was actually stolen in the 70s.

    There aren't many stories like that -- a stolen instrument gets reunited
    with its owner.

    I knew a Boston guy whose bass was stolen. He later encountered it on
    the wall of a funky little shop. The guy threatened the shop's owner --
    who handed it back to him, fearful for his dubious business, no doubt.
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