Antique store owner surprises musical customer with a piano

John Thomas Archer and Mark Waters.
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John Thomas Archer's piano playing struck a chord with employees and customers at a Massachusetts antique store.

While shopping at ReMARKable Cleanouts in Norwood earlier this month, Archer, a student at Northeastern University and a self-taught musician, asked a worker if he could play one of the pianos for sale. He started playing "Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey, and soon, store employees and other customers stopped what they were doing to listen.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.