{"id":181,"date":"2014-08-12T18:42:11","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T18:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/steinwaypianogalleries.com\/blog\/?p=181"},"modified":"2014-08-12T18:42:11","modified_gmt":"2014-08-12T18:42:11","slug":"mercers-music-school-gets-new-pianos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steinwaypianogalleries.com\/blog\/mercers-music-school-gets-new-pianos\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercer&#8217;s Music School Gets New Pianos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object id=\"flashObj\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9?isSlim=1\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"flashVars\" value=\"videoId=3695583907001&#038;playerID=2776039706001&#038;playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAB_xxVak~,K3e9TjBNSX-H1T7z4B8NiUmIRCMPbxH9&#038;domain=embed&#038;dynamicStreaming=true\" \/><param name=\"base\" value=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" \/><param name=\"seamlesstabbing\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"swLiveConnect\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9?isSlim=1\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" flashVars=\"videoId=3695583907001&#038;playerID=2776039706001&#038;playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAB_xxVak~,K3e9TjBNSX-H1T7z4B8NiUmIRCMPbxH9&#038;domain=embed&#038;dynamicStreaming=true\" base=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" name=\"flashObj\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" seamlesstabbing=\"false\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" swLiveConnect=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/shockwave\/download\/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>The sound of music at Mercer University is about to get a lot richer and a lot more enhanced.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s because a large donation to the music school bought students nearly 40 brand new, top-of-the line Steinway pianos and helped refurbish seven others.<\/p>\n<p>Mercer University&#8217;s chancellor, Dr. Kirby Godsey, gave $1.5 million to the Townsend School of Music in his wife, Joan&#8217;s, honor.<\/p>\n<p>That money helped create the Joan Stockstill Godsey Center for Keyboard Studies and will cover annual maintenance and upkeep for the pianos.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was totally blown away, I had no idea,&#8221; Joan Godsey said.<\/p>\n<p>For Godsey, ebony and ivory are her solace.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I started piano when I was 7 years old and music has been my life,&#8221; Godsey said.<\/p>\n<p>You can read the rest of the story, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.13wmaz.com\/story\/news\/local\/macon\/2014\/07\/24\/mercer-piano-sale\/13123829\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, on WMAZ&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sound of music at Mercer University is about to get a lot richer and a lot more enhanced. 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