He played the etude from memory. The crowd was small at first: a coffee vendor, a jogger who slowed, an old man with newspaper under his arm. But as the piece unfolded, more people paused; someone set down a stroller, two teenagers traded smiles. The final high F rose and hung in the warm air. A child clapped as if they'd heard a bell.
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