00:00 Setting the stage for one last performance.
00:05 Since 2019, Kelvin Smith has been keeping a promise.
00:14 To play piano in beautiful places.
00:17 Any of the places that I've been in, there's just been one or two moments where I'm just totally in tune with the piano,
00:23 beautiful instrument, in a beautiful environment, and it's just like this, this world rocks.
00:29 It's an endeavour that's taken him from beaches, to sidewalks, and all the way to the enormous Gordon River Dam.
00:40 Even the simplest of locations, just wheeling it out into the backyard, you know, the local park, the local beach.
00:47 Having a piano outdoors, there's something beautiful with it.
00:51 However spectacular, the travel has left the piano with its fair share of wear and tear.
00:57 Kelvin now making the call that it's time for the instrument to retire.
01:02 Flying through the air under a helicopter is one thing, or hanging from a crane on the wharf in Hobart is another.
01:08 It's got its own little stories to tell, and battle scars to go with it, by anyone's account.
01:12 It's had a good run.
01:14 Having had one last performance, the piano will now stay at Tahun Adventures, in Tasmania's Hewan Valley.
01:21 The scenic location, a fitting home.
01:23 He came here the first time and played on the weekend we opened, after the fires.
01:28 I think Kelvin, from what he says, would like to see people tinkle on it.
01:35 Obviously we don't want to get any damage, even though he says it's fairly worn out, but it's a lovely piece of memorabilia.
01:41 With this piano now finding its new home, Kelvin says it's time for a break, and to focus on other projects.
01:47 But he's not ruling out a comeback tour, somewhere down the line.
01:51 Tasmania has so many awesome locations, and they're never going to stop calling me.
01:57 I'm not going to stop.
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