‘Burning a piano is strange, beautiful and mesmerising’
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‘Burning a piano is strange, beautiful and mesmerising’
Who'd-a thunk it?
Today's Times: Annea Lockwood: 'Burning a piano is strange, beautiful and mesmerising.' The 84 year old experimental composer made her name by recording the sounds of the instrument as it was consumed by flames.
The art form even has its own Wikipedia entry. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_burning
Today's Times: Annea Lockwood: 'Burning a piano is strange, beautiful and mesmerising.' The 84 year old experimental composer made her name by recording the sounds of the instrument as it was consumed by flames.
The art form even has its own Wikipedia entry. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_burning
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Having played piano for a few years, I find this to be both profligate and wasteful.
But I guess it's "art" for the artistes.
But I guess it's "art" for the artistes.
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At Watton the road loop in front of the Mess entrance was studded with molten lead droplets from the incinerated internals. Knackered pianos for Ł5 were easily obtainable.
At Watton the road loop in front of the Mess entrance was studded with molten lead droplets from the incinerated internals. Knackered pianos for Ł5 were easily obtainable.
A buddy worked at a company that took over a former piano sales store. They shoved the remaining abandoned pianos off the second floor into the dumpsters (tips?) as the trouble to sell them exceeded the price they would get.
I inherited my Grandfather's piano. He had bought it on hire-purchase from his miners pay over many years. He was an accomplished musician and I had so many memories of sitting around with him playing the piano. However, so many moves in the RAF rendered the piano untuneable; prior to a move to Germany in 1995, I donated the piano to one of the messes at Brampton which was closing down. To my eternal regret, I never saw it burn and wish I had kept the Middle C Key as a keepsake. But... the closing down shindig was, by all accounts, wonderful!
I was present at a dining in night at Brüggen where a piano came to a glorious fiery end, having been presented for that purpose. The blaze got a bit fierce, on account of the liberal application lighter fluid, so it was kicked down the steps onto the Mess lawn. At that point, it became apparent that the donor had hidden a thunderflash or two inside, as it went off with a bang, blowing a chunk out of the steps as it went. The chunk managed to hit the only sober officer present under the chin - me (I was SDO).
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now as to burning bagpipes ..............................
