![]() Beautiful, intricate classical music followed me to my car. As I headed down the board walk outside his home, I heard him tickle the ivories on the freshly tuned piano. ![]() I tuned his piano and left, never expecting to see him again. Health issues of his advancing age brought him back to Elk Falls at the urging of his Kansas friends. His credit list includes stages and rave reviews from New York and Florida to Indiana and California. With a restlessness that characterizes him to the present day, he left Elk Falls to return to acting. Barry had a theater constructed and entertained tourists with puppet shows and magic acts. Through the work of a group of artists, Elk Falls became a thriving haven of creativity. Never allergic to hard work, he transformed stone foundations into tiered native flower gardens that brought busloads of tourists to this forgotten place. Decades earlier, his creative genius spurred an artistic revival in this dying town. Little did I know that chance meeting would develop into a unique and rewarding friendship.īarry McGuire, retired actor, puppeteer and magician, a native of my home county, and about the age of my father, settled into tiny Elk Falls-for the third time-a couple years ago. I met him when a music store in Wichita sent me to tune his recently purchased piano. One of the best things about piano service is the fascinating people I meet along the way.
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