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Here’s where you can play all 60 of the Boston Street Pianos

The return of the public art and music display is music to the city’s ears.

A Street Piano at the Christian Science Plaza reflecting pool.
Artist Luke Jerram, creator of 'Play Me, I'm Yours,' at the Christian Science Plaza reflecting pool. Robert Torres/Courtesy Celebrity Series of Boston

By Kevin Slane

There’s music in the air around Boston this week, and it’s not just Keytar Bear. Sixty pianos are getting a spot around every neighborhood in the city with a simple message painted on each: “Play me, I’m yours.”It’s all part of Street Pianos, a public art and music display put on by Celebrity Series of Boston that first appeared in the city in 2013 and is running from now until October 10.On Friday, Mayor Walsh will kick off the event at City Hall Plaza at 3 p.m., along with Gary Dunning, executive director of Celebrity Series of Boston, and Luke Jerram, a U.K. artist who created the Street Pianos concept in 2008. The unveiling will also feature musical performances from Voices of Renaissance Choir from the Boston Renaissance Charter Public School.Although the campaign doesn’t officially begin until then, pianos have slowly appeared all across the city and parts of Cambridge over the last three days.

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Each instrument is hosted and maintained by a community partner—such as Boston University, the Mary Eddy Baker Library, and the Boston Red Sox —and each piano’s exterior is designed by a local artist.  

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You can find out more information about any given piano on the Street Pianos website, where you can also upload photos, videos, and stories about your experience with the instruments.

Here’s where you’ll be able to find all 60 Street Pianos this fall, sorted by neighborhood.

Allston/Brighton/Fenway
Athan’s Bakery on Washington St, Brighton
George Sherman Union, by BU Central T, Fenway Kenmore
Christian Science Plaza Reflecting Pool near Mass. Ave, Fenway-Kenmore
Fenway Community Center, on Boylston St, Fenway-Kenmore
Fenway Park, Gate D, Fenway-Kenmore
Harvard Ed Portal, Allston
Museum of Fine Arts, Huntington Ave Entrance, Fenway-KenmoreBack Bay/Beacon Hill
Berklee College of Music Bookstore, Back Bay
Boston Architectural College, Back Bay
Boston Public Library, Copley Square, Back Bay
Boylston Plaza at The Prudential Center, Back Bay
King’s Chapel, Beacon Hill
State House, Ashburton Park on Bowdoin St, Beacon Hill Cambridge
Brattle Plaza, 25 Brattle St, Harvard Square
Harvard University, Science Center Plaza
Jill Brown-Rhone Park, Central Square
Kendall Plaza, 315 Main Street, Kendall Square
Lesley University, Lunder Arts Center, Porter Square
Longy School of Music, Harvard Square
North Plaza, 300 Athenaeum St, Kendall SquareDorchester/South Boston
Boston Children’s Museum, South Boston
Boys & Girls Club of Dorchester at Savin Hill
Codman Square Park by monument, Dorchester
Innovation and Design Building, South Boston
Lena Park CDC by Franklin Park, Dorchester
Lenane Building, Fields Corner, Dorchester
Seaport Green by District Hall, South Boston
Sullivan’s, Castle Island, South Boston
The Carruth, 1916 Dorchester Ave by Ashmont T, Dorchester Downtown/Chinatown/East Boston
Citi Wang Theatre, Chinatown
City Hall Plaza, SE corner, Downtown
Downtown Crossing, Macy’s, Downtown
East Boston Public Library
Faneuil Hall’s Quincy Marketplace, Downtown
Greenway – Chinatown Park at Essex St
Greenway – Dewey Square Park, Downtown
Greenway – Rowes Wharf Plaza at High St, Downtown
Greenway Carousel, Downtown
Maverick Square on Lewis Mall by T, East Boston
Post Office Square at Norman B. Leventhal Park, Downtown
Reader’s Park, Downtown
Veronica Robles Cultural Center, East Boston Mattapan/JP/Roxbury
Dudley Cafe, Roxbury
J.P. Licks on Centre Street, Jamaica Plain
Jamaica Pond, near boathouse)
Mattapan T, near Metro PCS
The Stonehenge at Egleston Square, Roxbury South End/Bay Village/Mission Hill
1 Brigham Circle, Mission Hill
Boston Center for the Arts, South End
Childe Hassam Park, South End
O’Day Park, by Villa Victoria Center for the Arts (IBA), South End
Statler Park, Bay Village West End/North End/Charlestown
Bunker Hill Mall by CVS, Charlestown
Charlestown Navy Yard at Flagpole near Commandant’s House
Greenway – North End Park at Hanover St
Museum of Science, West End
Old North Church, North End West Roxbury/Hyde Park/Roslindale
Adams Park, Roslindale
Hyde Park Community Center
Roche Bros. Plaza, on Centre St, West Roxbury

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