More musical than what? I'm off to the garage now for I do believe the boxwood is in need of a trim. Oh dear, it's under a whack of fresh snow...

...well, here goes: I agree with Alison and k/k and quite a number of others, including 'Spaw. The beauty of a 10' keyboard is the number of rug rascals that fit on the extended lap, though the output would have Schoenberg turning over in his grave.

Alison, do the initial sideways glances come more from the men or the women in your experience? In my limited public performings, as soon as the music starts the men tended to forget gender and anatomy. Until the chatty little break. The women tended to continue, to look confused and something else I can't quite figure out, at least for a while. None of this applies to busking, where liquor consumption seems to be the big factor in behaviour.