And you did this why????????? Avery On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 11:26 AM, John Formsma <formsma at gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 9:24 AM, mick johnson <mickjohnsonrpt at gmail.com>wrote: > >> Alright. The story: >> >> Senior composition recital. This was the guy who has been doing prepared >> piano stuff here for the past few years, and this is (was) his piano that he >> and I had been experimenting with. >> > > > Sounds like he totally unprepared this one. > > > >> He originally wanted to finish the show by smashing it with a sledge >> hammer when I remembered that a good buddy of mine from college is the >> marketing director for a local building supply warehouse. Every year as part >> of a promo they challenge the Kearney Fire Dept. to a race to see who >> can cut an automobile in half faster – the firemen with the jaws of life, or >> the DeWalt team with cordless reciprocating saws. My friend called the >> regional rep for DeWalt and it was game on. >> >> Being the final piece of the recital, it began with a professor from a >> neighboring college improvising on a theme. The composer came out and began >> loosening the strings as it was being played. At the halfway point I came on >> and started cutting the strings to clear a path for the saws. >> >> The pianist left and the saws came on , accompanied by the new music >> ensemble behind the curtain. >> >> Cutting the car in half takes about 2-3 minutes. After 30 minutes, 8 >> battery changes and 16 blades, there was still a little bit of plate holding >> the piano together. It was another 20 or so blows with the sledge that >> finally brought her down, much to the relief of the patient crowd. >> > > > Yuck, what the heck? People actually pay for this stuff? I'd rather stay > home and watch reality TV. (We don't have TV and I *hate* reality shows.) > > -- > JF > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101211/1df95203/attachment.htm>
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