Oops.

Posted by Miss Cellania in Music on April 11, 2007 at 11:10 am


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A £45,000 grand piano was being delivered to the Two Moors Music Festival in Devon when workmen dropped it. Organizers had spent two years raising funds for the piano, which was to be the centerpiece of the festival’s classical performances. Artistic director Penny Adie said, “This was the Rolls-Royce of pianos and it is unlikely we’ll get our hands on another one.” Link to story. Link to slideshow. -via Arbroath


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12 comments to "Oops."

  1. Justin
    April 11th, 2007 at 11:14 am

    OUCH! thats painful!

  2. MisterTrilby
    April 11th, 2007 at 12:57 pm

    Yikes. It's worth mentioning in their defence that piano movers don't drop pianos very often. So I'm sure they're aware of the magnitude of their error. Though the story says the owners only insured it for what they paid for it at auction, and not what it would actually cost to replace. That's very silly.

  3. Vexorg
    April 11th, 2007 at 1:29 pm

    Must have been an ACME brand piano.

  4. tecwzrd
    April 11th, 2007 at 1:56 pm

    I'm trying to figure out why they didn't have the piano all the way on the lift before dropping it???

    I understand that they had the wheels in the center point of balance but it still looks like they have enough room to swing it sideways before dropping.

  5. Jack Hynes
    April 11th, 2007 at 1:59 pm

    I live very near here so it was on my local news. The delivery company said they would find a replacement piano in time for the festival in two weeks although I'm sure it won't be anywhere near that quality.

  6. Jack Hynes
    April 11th, 2007 at 2:00 pm

    @tecwzrd: They were taking the piano off the truck, the organiser was taking these photos and you could see them lowering it down in two photos and then this one.

  7. Ali
    April 11th, 2007 at 5:52 pm

    The crew was then garrotted by the fundraisers with the left over piano wire.

  8. mofongo
    April 11th, 2007 at 8:00 pm

    Well if you read the story completely, you can see that the piano only had a little damage and could be completely repaired and that it was still playable... Still, it's like crashing a brand new Bentley, you can fix it, but who would want to?

  9. Sahan
    April 11th, 2007 at 8:20 pm

    They bought the piano for £45,000, but the insurance officials say it was insured for just £26,000. "Experts estimate that a new Bosendorfer would cost approximately £90,000"

    http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2007/04/11/uk-piano-drop.html

  10. ted
    April 11th, 2007 at 10:22 pm

    Looks like it landed on its lid. The sound board is probably fine.

  11. fouro
    April 12th, 2007 at 1:03 am

    Some restorer must be very happy. Reminds me of a T-shirt design a few years back for a group of us taking a Risk Management seminar. Highway sign yellow triangle + Falling grand piano icon. We expanded it for the rest of the team (in UK) to include a falling anvil version.

    http://www.cafepress.com/fouroboros.106562497

  12. heather
    May 7th, 2008 at 3:47 pm

    Well, shit. I hope they were able to insure it.


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