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Captain Donn here. At 70 years old i am now taking piano (keyboard) lessons. I used to play guitar until May 6th of this year. That's when I got my left hand fingers tangled up in a table saw blade. My pinky and pointer fingers were almost severed. After two surgeries and 2 days in the hospital i went home to recover. The surgeon said i would be playing my guitar in 6 weeks. I think he was trying to get my spirits up. It worked for a while but then the 6 weeks came and went. Depression set in. I saw a therapist and that was ok but i needed something else. One of my daughters friends said "Oh, he will be alright. His super power is solving problems." Well, that lifted me up and out of the darkness. Just that one sentence did it. Not sure how i came up on the idea of a keyboard but here i am. A friend gave me a Casio WK-6500. Another friend gave me a chord chart and now i am off and running! I started taking lessons from very nice woman who came highly recommended and only lives about 200 yards from me. I was just a strummer on guitar and i find that some songs are much easier to play on the keyboard compared to the guitar. I am now going through my song book and having a blast. I am looking forward to hanging out here.
Captain Donn
Captain Donn