Antique store owner surprises musical customer with a piano

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published 22 July 2020

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.

One worker filmed the performance, and store owner Mark Waters thought it was "fantastic," he told Good Morning America. Waters was so impressed that he decided to give Archer a piano, and was able to track him down thanks to Facebook. When Archer learned he was going to receive a Steinway, "he went into tears and it brought tears to my eyes," Waters said. "It was one of those feel good moments." Catherine Garcia

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

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