Bus Tarbox sat in front of the ivories on his grand piano, stretched his fingers, then let the music flow. As the finishing notes faded away, he smiled.
"It's an old friend," said the 78-year-old Loveland man.
When he lived in his home along the North Fork of the Big Thompson River, he would play several times throughout the day. Every day. Before lunch. In the evening.Whenever he had the itch to hear the clear tones of his Kimball.
Then the 2013 flood raged in and destroyed his home and most of his belongings, filling his haven with 3.5 feet of water.
While the raging waters took so much from so many, they damaged but did not destroy the piano.
That piano will be the centerpiece of his brand new living room this summer when he moves into his new home — the first home of his own since the flood.
Photo Credit: Habitat for Humanity-Loveland
Read Full Loveland Reporter Herald Article HERE
"It's an old friend," said the 78-year-old Loveland man.
When he lived in his home along the North Fork of the Big Thompson River, he would play several times throughout the day. Every day. Before lunch. In the evening.Whenever he had the itch to hear the clear tones of his Kimball.
Then the 2013 flood raged in and destroyed his home and most of his belongings, filling his haven with 3.5 feet of water.
While the raging waters took so much from so many, they damaged but did not destroy the piano.
That piano will be the centerpiece of his brand new living room this summer when he moves into his new home — the first home of his own since the flood.
Photo Credit: Habitat for Humanity-Loveland
Read Full Loveland Reporter Herald Article HERE