Is that the one in Auckland, Alistair, or is there yet a third Bosendorfer disaster ? A few years ago, a large Bosendorfer was broken when carriers attempted to use only two people to move it around the stage of a hall here. I know all about it because my wife was among those using the hall for choir practice on the night. She said she became concerned when she saw only two men pushing it about near the edge of the stage. Suddenly the whole lot went over with an almighty crash. It was the subject of a remarkable court case, wherein the carriers were found liable for only a small amount of damages because they were not technically moving it from one venue to another. The poor owners were presumably down the tubes for about $200,000 unless their own insurance covered it.
News flash for today:Organisers of the Two Moors festival in Britain are reportedly distraught that a 45,000 pound Bosendorfer piano fell off the back of a delivery van.Festival organisers say they don't know the extent of the damage but suspect it is a write-off.
I think this is one of those totally faked Murdoch stories -- utterly Hatto-ized -- and planted in the media by "ada" just to get the buzz going prior to her much anticipated journalisic blitz of LA. That Bosendorfer is a total fake! Hell, it doesn't even have any legs!!
Topic: whoopsie! 