On a pass through one of the shops at the Mall

Saw and heard something over which to mull

It was a Yamaha electronic device under piano

With a floppy disk inserted for the keys to follow



The pairing turned the whole thing into a self-player

And so I got down on knees and looked at the layers

Of print-script marching across the little LCD screen

As new tunes were engaged and sounds came clean



It was quite a sight for sore eyes to see and ears to hear

With all that music coming out, but nothing at all to fear 

No pitch man or woman ... and nobody with an axe to grind

Just some wonderful music coming out of a baby grand ...

                                                           and sounding so fine



- Tristram



(c) Christopher W. Thomas

10:52pm Sat. Sept. 26th, 1998