Destroying Old Pianos

[Roger Jolly]

Hi Barrie,
          Ignorance is bliss. We must have been some of the path finders in
68'. The difficult part, was the reminents of the pin block, with it's
entrails of piano wire as I recall. Were we crazy?
As I remember the grounds man was not humored by whole affair, as we were
not so tidy with much of the debris.
I kept a candle stick holder for years as a keepsake.
Roger

At 03:58 PM 4/21/99 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi Roger,
>
>Piano smashing was big time in the 70's normally you had to put the
>pieces through a toilet seat. They must have been more up-market in
>Strathclyde.  The ones I can remember, the tension was not lowered.
>Good fun but dangerous,  more for the idiot next to you with the 15lbs
>sledge hammer that the piano imploding.  
> 
>Barrie,
>
>In article <3.0.5.16.19990420193709.3c0f1900@mailhost.sk.sympatico.ca>,
>Roger Jolly <baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca> writes
>>Hi Barrie, 
>>           My first experience working on piano's was many moons ago at
>>Strathclyde. College "Rag Days". Three college's competing,Three pianos at
>>one end of the sports field, centre field a scaffold with three car tyres
>>tied to the scaffold.
>>One sledge hammer per team. The object of the race, to pass all of the
>>parts of the piano through the tyre and deposit at the far end of the field.
>>Much drinking of ale to lubricate the whole affair, and wild cheering from
>>the frenzied crowd, the closest that I ever got to having an encore.
>>This would make a great idea for a TV game show, and let the uninformed
>>public know that some piano's should DIE.
>>Memories of youth.
>>Regards Roger
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>At 08:28 AM 4/20/99 +0100, you wrote:
>>>Well over this side of the pond, if the case is an attractive one some
>>>of the dealers ship them to Italy to make writing desks out of them. So
>>>they are quite happy to move them for free.  Otherwise most local
>>>authorities will move large house hold goods for free, this is to stop
>>>fly tipping. 
>>>
>>>Barrie,
>>>
>>>
>>>In article <26423-371C24D1-16158@mailtod-111.iap.bryant.webtv.net>,
>>>james turner <JTTUNER@webtv.net> writes
>>>>Here is a topic I don't believe has ever been discussed on this list.  
>>>>
>>>>When an old piano is beyond repair, how do you advise the customer to
>>>>get rid of it?  Is it safe for a customer to tear it apart on their own?  
>>>>
>>>>Jim
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>--
>>>
>>>Barrie Heaton                                  |  Be Environmentally
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>>>URL: http://www.uk-piano.org/                  |  To Your Neighbour
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>>>
>>Roger Jolly
>>Balwin Yamaha Piano Centres.
>>Saskatoon/Regina.
>>Canada.
>>
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>Barrie Heaton                                  |  Be Environmentally Friendly
>URL: http://www.uk-piano.org/                  |  To Your Neighbour
>The UK Piano Page                              |  
>pgp  key on request                            |  HAVE YOUR PIANO TUNED
>
>
Roger Jolly
Balwin Yamaha Piano Centres.
Saskatoon/Regina.
Canada.