On Sunday, 29 May 2016 21:12:31 UTC+1, bob wrote:

I happened to be passing through Gare de Lyon in Paris this afternoon where
there is a similar piano that was being heartily played. I didn't make a
note of the gender or ethnicity of the pianist, though.

Yes, I've seen them all over France. They also have those charging points for phones which seem to be powered by the user pedalling a stationary bicycle. Good idea.