There is some good art featuring pianos on display in New York these days. Mary Boone is showing four grand pianos that artist Sherrie Levine has declared sculptures, and Luhring Augustine is showing a Guido van der Werve video that features the artist playing skillfully on a piano in a tiny apartment, accompanied by a modest orchestra. However, opportunities for the average New Yorker to actually jam on a piano are rare. Thanks to a nonprofit organization and an enterprising artist, though, that may be changing.

A group called Sing for Hope has announced that it will install 60 pianos around New York City between June 21 and July 5 in a variety of public areas, realizing a project, called Play Me I’m Yours, conceived by artist Luke Jerram. Pianos will be placed in public parks around the city’s five boroughs, inhabiting such diverse locations as Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, the Coney Island Boardwalk in Brooklyn, the Chelsea Market in Manhattan, Athens Square Park in Queens, and even the Snug Harbour Children’s Museum in Staten Island.

The project was first staged by Jerram in London, though the English capital was graced with only 30 pianos. People interested in playing the pianos can venture to Sing for Hope’s Web site, where a Google Map is available that documents the locations of all 60. Those want to perform George Maciunas Piano #13 piece are encouraged to use their own piano.