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Romsai, a blind elderly gentleman loves hearing his friend Paul playing this slow movement.

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Chopin on Piano for Romsai the Elephant

In this video by Paul Barton, he visits the nearly blind packy Romsai & plays some piano for the wonderful animal! He is playing Sonata No. 2 by Chopin.

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#fridaynight #dinner #romsai #banyantree #hotel #bangkok #thailand #ac100friends (at Romsai restaurant (Banyan Tree))

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Egg Florentine #Breakfast #Romsai #BanyanTree #Bangkok #Hotel #SundayBrunch (at Banyan Tree Bangkok)

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This man was dragged out from under a car about five minutes after his motorcycle careened into the parked vehicle. I don't know if he lived but if he did it was thanks to the guys in this picture watching over him. These men are members of the Romsai Rescue Foundation, a non-profit all-volunteer squad of EMTs. During the 2015 Thai New Year celebration or #Songkran, I rode along with the Romsai squad to document the ritual that locals call The 7 Seven Deadly Days. This is the most dangerous time to be in Thai roads and every year deaths and accidents spike. What I saw was sobering. If you can avoid it, never ever get into a car or on a bike during Songkran. #thai #thailand #thailand🇹🇭#canon5d #canon5dmarkiii #romsai #minburi #songkran #thainewyear #trafficaccident #motocycleaccident #emt #paramedic #minburi #everydayasia #everydaythailand #everydaybangkok #phodus_competition #natgeoyourshot #natgeotravel #natgeo (at Minburi)

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I love anything to do with cooking , from watching the food network to reading recipe books of Gordan Romsay, Jamie Oliver and Levi Roots. My favorite type of cuisine are Asian and Western, and I love cooking new recipes for my family.🥘🍴 🔻 🔻 #key2recipe 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤 (at Jajpur Road - love it forever) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRqmqu8rMYF/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Beethoven on Piano for Romsai the Elephant

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Piano for Elephants | Vlog #5 - Beethoven for Romsai Paul Barton, piano Elephants World - Thailand

my friend linked me to a clip of this on instagram and i honest to god wept

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Nước tắm thảo dược cho bé trị rôm sảy mẩn ngứa an toàn hiệu quả

#tamthaoduoc, #treem, #tamgoithaoduoc, #romsay,

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#fridaynight #dinner #romsai #banyantree #hotel #bangkok #thailand #ac100friends (at Romsai restaurant (Banyan Tree))

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Beethoven on Piano for Romsai the Elephant

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Chief Romsay

IT’S CHEF, BUT I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING

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Beethoven on Piano for Romsai the Elephant

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Paul Barton brings his music — and a moment of peace — to rescued elephants | MNN - Mother Nature Network

The first time Paul Barton played a piano for elephants, an old, blind male named Plara was closest to the piano. He was one of the many residents at a sanctuary for sick, abused, retired and rescued elephants in Thailand, where Barton had decided to volunteer.

"He was having his breakfast of bana grass, but when he heard the music for the first time, he suddenly stopped eating with the grass protruding from his mouth and stayed motionless all through the music," Barton tells MNN in an email interview.

"I returned ... with the piano and stayed for long periods. There wasn't many visitors back then so I could spend a lot of time each day alone with Plara and the other elephants. Plara really liked slow classical music and each time I played piano or flute, he curled his trunk and held the tip trembling in his mouth until the music was over."

Barton says he was heartbroken when Plara died. The elephant's previous owner had removed and sold his tusks and an infection had set in. Despite the best efforts of the sanctuary veterinarians, the elephant didn't survive the infection.

A self-taught pianist and classically trained artist, Barton had moved to Thailand for three months to teach piano at a private school. But then he met Khwan, a wildlife artist and animal lover who would become his wife, and they decided to stay. That was 22 years ago.

Here Barton plays to Lam Duan, a blind elephant who is one of the sanctuary's current residents.

'He let me live'

When Barton first found out about the sanctuary, he wanted to do more than just visit the animals.

"I wondered if these old, rescued elephants might like to listen to some calm, slow classical piano music, so I asked if I could bring my piano along and play to the elephants," he says. "They allowed me to do that."

Barton soon became a regular. He would sit down at the bench, drawing different reactions from the various elephant residents and sometimes worrying their keepers, called mahouts.

Bull elephant Romsai is enraptured with Barton's music. (Photo: Paul Barton)

"One of the most memorable [reactions] was playing 'Moonlight Sonata' to a big bull elephant called Romsai at night. Romsai is an elephant that mahouts keep away from people due to his strength and dangerous temperament. To be so close to him at the piano under the moon and stars and play music to him was quite special," Barton says. "He seemed to be listening and, from his reaction, liked the music. He let me live."

Barton says he knows there are inherent dangers being around such massive creatures, especially the large males. But these are the animals that seem to love the music the most.

"With the bull elephants I am always aware they could kill me at any moment, and the mahouts are aware of it too and I can tell they are nervous for me," he says. "Up to now, it’s been these dangerous and potentially aggressive bull elephants that are always kept well away from people that have reacted the most to expressive, slow classical music. There is something about the music in the moment that makes them feel calm."

First impressions matter

Each elephant responds in a different way to Barton's music. And he says his relationships are different with each elephant. Barton says his connection with that first elephant, Plara, is still probably his most amazing experience.

Barton plays piano for another bull elephant called Chaichana. (Photo: Paul Barton)

Barton says he has learned that first impressions count with elephants.

"If you want to get on friendly terms with an elephant, the first time you meet, you give bananas. It's said elephants memorize your scent and will think of you as a friend next time you're together," he says.

Some people have told him that elephants can smell fear.

"I was wondering about this as Chaichana, the bull elephant in this photo [above], outstretched his trunk towards me over the piano top and sniffed around my head as I was playing to him," Barton says. "When I play music to elephants I always feel calm and happy and I thought in that moment as his trunk was close to my face that at least whatever scent I was giving off and he was picking up wasn't fear. Perhaps Chaichana could smell and recognize the scent of someone that liked him very much indeed? I hope so."

In this video, Barton plays for Romsai, the bull elephant. You can watch his elephant videos and more on his YouTube channel.

Mary Jo DiLonardo writes about everything from health to parenting — and anything that helps explain why her dog does what he does.

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Paul Barton brings his music — and a moment of peace — to rescued elephants

Weary animals at elephant sanctuary in Thailand relax as volunteer plays classical piano music in the forest.

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