If you could see Fats Domino’s piano today, you might think he had been kind enough to donate one of his signature grands to the museum for its music collection. That is, if you were unaware of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina 10 years ago, including Domino’s home.
Curators from the Louisiana State Museum raised $35,000 to have it reassembled and restored.
Despite the painstaking restoration, the white grand piano is unplayable. It is this last fact that makes the... See More
If you could see Fats Domino’s piano today, you might think he had been kind enough to donate one of his signature grands to the museum for its music collection. That is, if you were unaware of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina 10 years ago, including Domino’s home.
Curators from the Louisiana State Museum raised $35,000 to have it reassembled and restored.
Despite the painstaking restoration, the white grand piano is unplayable. It is this last fact that makes the story of this instrument such a powerful metaphor for New Orleans since Katrina.
