Davis street piano hours?

[boblothrope.livejournal.com]

The Davis street piano has a laminated paper sign saying you can play it from 9 am to 9 pm.

Is that an official rule, or did some random person make the sign? There are no hours listed here, even though other listings do have time restrictions.

Having some limit does make sense, since people live above Tedeschi's, etc. But 9 pm is ridiculous. I think a more reasonable end time for such a busy location would be 11 pm or midnight. What does the city noise ordinance say about street musicians and other noise at night?

Comments

[greenlily.livejournal.com]

Huh. Apparently the one down by the Irish Famine Memorial/mega-Walgreens is supposed to close down at 6 pm. I was playing it on Sunday afternoon, though, and spoke with one of the guys from Walgreens who said that sometimes he's working a very late shift (I think it's a 24-hour store) and hears people playing it late at night.

I wouldn't try that in Davis Square, but if I were playing it (quietly!) at 10 pm and someone asked me to stop, I'd be kind of startled.

[ron_newman]

That's strange, since the nearest residences to that Walgreen's are at least a half mile away, in Beacon Hill and the North End.