This Boston college student was shocked to learn that his spontaneous performance on an antique store piano had won the hearts of music lovers across the country—and he was even more surprised to be gifted with a piano in return.
23-year-old John Capron had been browsing the ReMARKable Cleanouts antique store in Norwood, Massachusetts with his girlfriend last month when he found an old $200 Whitney piano for sale.
After asking the sales associate for permission, the self-taught piano player sat down to play a heartfelt rendition of “Don’t Stop Believin’” by Journey.
As delighted customers gathered together to listen, the sales associate filmed a video of the improptu singalong and posted it to the store’s Facebook page.
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The video quickly racked up thousands of views. Since Capron was wearing a face mask for the performance, national news outlets began searching for the identity of the masked piano player.
After Capron identified himself to ReMARKable Cleanouts, store owner Mark Waters offered to give him the Whitney for free—but then Waters changed his mind. Instead, he decided to surprise Capron with the $3,000 Steinway and Sons piano that had been sitting in the back of the store.
When Waters finally unveiled the gift to Capron, the college student promptly burst into tears.
“To see him cry made me cry,” Waters told WCVB. “It’s just going to sit here, so if you can bring it into somebody else’s life and bring it back to life, then God bless America, you know what I mean? That’s what life’s about! I wish I could do this every day!”
Capron says that the Steinway will be the first piano that he has ever owned for himself—although he is now searching for helpers to get the piano into his fourth-floor apartment in Mattapan.
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