Would there be enough metal in an 1830s Broadwood to sink it - let alone use it for a boat anchor? Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 9:34 PM Subject: Re: Piano Funnies for August 12, 2003 > At 17:05 08/13/2003 -0500, you wrote: > >At 12:46 PM -0500 8/13/03, Conrad Hoffsommer wrote: > >>... My addlepated self remembers a square in the surf, > > > >And that it was. > > > >>and a distinctly _non_ square sound when it was played. I suppose I'm > >>mis-remembering that, too. ;-{ > > > >You're not. > > > >Keith McGavern > > > Re: the movie "The Piano" > > Rented the video tonight, fast forwarded through the entire thing. > > The only piano fully shown is a Broadwood square (tight shot showing the > nameboard near the beginning). I'm not an expert, but it looks to be about > an 1830's vintage. It somehow managed to sit in the surf for a few days > without any case/veneer damage OR sinking into the sand - it was on it's > feet. It looked like a packing crate with piano legs. > > The piano was not thrown overboard as in the previously posted picture, > rather it fell out of a large Maori canoe. The last scene in the movie is > of it resting on the bottom. > > I didn't read all the credits, so I don't know if there is a disclaimer > stating that no pianos were harmed in the making of the movie... > > > > Conrad Hoffsommer > > Early to rise: early to bed; > Makes a man healthy, and socially dead. > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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