piano destruction

[wajid]

hello all.....

can anyone give me feedback on how they feel about pianos being destroyed in the name of art, for example by the composers Karl-Erik Welin and Francois-Rene Duchable or by performance / installation artists such as Raphael Ortiz.....would you be willing to destroy your own piano for any reason ? do you find the idea of destroying a piano wholly unacceptable ?...i'd be very curious to hear opinions from pianists on this forum

[allchopin]

Such violence in the home should not be tolerated.  The piano's life will never quite seem in key after such major abuse.  Even minor, they should not stay silent - these dominant performers have to be put in their places.
We should take swift and preferably Renner action against this tirade of abuse.

[pies]

I destroyed mine 10 or so months ago.

[soliloquy]

Obviously the question is cost of piano vs. insurance on piano.

[verywellmister]

Such violence in the home should not be tolerated.  The piano's life will never quite seem in key after such major abuse.  Even minor, they should not stay silent - these dominant performers have to be put in their places.
We should take swift and preferably Renner action against this tirade of abuse.

Are those puns?  If they are, I seem to find them amusing.

[prongated]

...I'm surprised Tash hasn't joined in...where are you?

...my teacher has an SK-6 in a really small room. The council wouldn't let her extend the room as it requires cutting down a tree right in front of the room.

We have had fantasies where the tree would fall down in a storm, destroying the room and the piano. The council, not agreeing to cut down that 'dangerous' tree, would then have to fix up the house (plus she can now get the extension done!) AND replace the piano.

Then again, no real benefit for me, apart from the fact then my eardrums don't have to rattle every time I play in that room...and seeing the council pay up I suppose

[tompilk]

i read a post on pianoworld forum about this, so whoever posted this, thanks. It said they should give the pianos to a person less fortunate or poor - a budding young pianist or something like that. They then went on to say Duchable sounds like some elitist himself...
It really is a shame. His performance of the LIszt TE's is my favourite out of all the recordings I have heard. A phenominal pianist. A lunatic and self-indulgent personality.
Selfishness seems to go a long way in the piano world.
And I don't have anything against destroying brand new pianos, if another is going to be made identical, but destroying a piano with history is a terrible crime in my opinion...
Tom

[allchopin]

Are those puns?  If they are, I seem to find them amusing.

Glad you enjoyed them 

[Tash]

ok prongated told me i should respond to this because i have a great dream involving the destruction of my piano.

ONCE i get a new piano, i plan on composing some works for prepared piano, where i will specifically prepare my exceptionally crappy piano for these works, nails, bolts, knives, anything potentially destructive shall be used. Then i will perform the works outside by a cliff with a large audience watching. at the conclusion of the concert i will proceed to douse the piano in petrol and set it alight, then haul it off the edge of the cliff, letting it smash and burn in one giant out of tune CLANG.

I am quite serious about doing this if i ever get the opportunity. performance art is a great, purposeful thing *insert sarcasm*  thus i believe in destroying a piano if it is as awful as mine, because it's not even worth playing for the most amateur of pianists!

btw i will invite you all to my concert when if happens. if i win the lottery i'll even pay for your airfares!!

[pianistimo]

i'm with you tash.  the thing is, i actually have the delusion now that i can 'fix' my piano.  but, if the job becomes a real mess - we'll just go through with the destructive phase.  wood glue is out today.  putty knife. sanding paper.  everything is ready.  don't want the crack going under the strings.  it's completely between the strings right now.

[Tash]

yeah i don't carry that delusion. it must be broken. i would'nt mind chopping it up and making some kind of artwork out of it though...glue could make quite an effective percussive sound though...