whoopsie!

[ada]

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.

[rach n bach]

I am going to cry.... the moving company should be hung.

They SUSPECT it is a write off?!?!?!?  I D I O T S

[living_stradivarius]

Would you cry if it were a Yamaha?

[ahinton]

That's the second such addident to a Bösendorfer 290 that I have heard about; another was when one such instrument fell on its side when some idiotically careless removers  dropped it when removing it from a church where it had been used for a recording session and that, too, was a write-off...

Best,

Alistair

[ted]

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. 

[ada]

https://www.smh.com.au/news/unusual-tales/oh-no-what-have-i-done/2007/04/11/1175971134073.html

view the pix and weep

[ahinton]

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. 

No - this was at (or rather after) a recording session in the south of England.

Best,

Alistair

[Bob]

I think they can be repaired, can't they?  It couldn't be the same though after the repairs.

[rc]

I'm cringing in my chair, that's quite the bitter pill!



The middle guy's head is about to explode, on the left he's asking if he should still grab the bench.  The guy on the right, after a long drive, is getting ready to take a leak.

[invictious]

Hmm caption contest!


John: OH NOES
Jack: Stupid.
Jason: Should I take the stool too?

[wishful thinker]

and what's more, the owners were only insured up to the £26,000 that they actually paid for the piano.

BTW, these are the same movers that delivery my grand last year, and they were extremely professional............then 

[living_stradivarius]

The piano only fell a few feet to land in grass and dirt and had a cover protecting the top and sides.  If the cast iron plate that holds the strings did not crack, the piano should still play normally.

[pianistimo]

let's hope so.  one can only imagine why that guys face is red.

[cmg]

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!!

[lagin]

It's totally standard to remove the legs when moving a grand.

[ada]

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!!

 

 

[pianistimo]

it doesn't have a leg to stand on, you mean?  or, rather, three legs.

[virtuosic1]

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.

a 45,000 pound Bosendorfer? Was it carved out of neutron star matter?