Dear Daryl,
It can be fun and entertaining... but DO be respectful of the weapons
and target!
A piano's plate is multi-faceted, dense, and quite capable of returning
whatever you fling at it BACK in your direction. In all honesty, I would not
repeat the experiment again. One concession to safety was leaning the piano
slightly forward, so that the bulk of the reflected shots were driven into
the ground at the foot of the instrument (... I use the term loosely) in
similiar fashion to the angled steel found at the rear of indoor shooting
ranges. Of course, the crunched front legs made that easier to arrange!
Nonetheless, wear hearing protection (...especially if your buddy plans
to use an elephant-gun!) and keep clear of your neighbor's muzzle-flash, all
automatic-weapons flinging shells, and irate return-fire from the target of
the day!
Yours in advisement,
Jeff
ps-
The only pianos I have ever destroyed or thrown away are the two (count
'em, two!) that I listed in that post. Each piano ever built is the
culmination of hundreds of hours
(... or years) of design, thought, & labor. I just can't bring myself to be
responsible for the death of a piano, in most cases. I have delivered the
benediction on a few over the years... but the owner gets the job of
disposing of it! Both of the pianos I listed were TOTALLY beyond any chance
of repair... but I saved the actions out of both of 'em.
I can't get away from the fact that each piano was once new... and graced the
home of some budding pianist, or church, or school, or.... well, you get the
picture.
Guess I don't want to be haunted by piano-spectres in the night(...also
am a softy-at-heart, I suppose). Mebbe they'll be waiting on the farside!!!
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