My mom plays piano, and she learned to play before they had a piano at home in Cape Breton. Before Mom's family had a piano in Cape Breton, she learned to play the rhythms on a piece of board, and the fiddlers would all congregate to play on the cold winter's evenings and Mom would be banging on this board, so when they bought a piano, they bought it in Toronto and had it taken by train and brought in on a horse, a horse and sleigh to the house.
Minha mãe toca piano e ela aprendeu a tocar antes de ter um piano em casa, em Cape Breton. Antes da família da minha mãe ter um piano em Cape Breton, ela aprendeu a tocar harmonia musical numa tábua; e os violinistas se reuniam para tocar nas noites frias de inverno e mamãe ficava batendo nessa tábua. Quando compraram um piano, eles o compraram em Toronto e tiveram que trazer o piano de trem e o trouxeram para casa num trenó a cavalo.