John@musselwhite.com writes: <<It was a Mason & Hamlin upright that Chris flung with his trebuchet in the Northern Exposure episode called "Burning Down The House". In a later episode Ruth-Ann says it was a Baldwin, but Maggie (the owner of the piano) clearly states it was an M&H in that episode.>> Who would believe a character reading a script? If you look carefully, and run the videotape of the trebuchet flinging frame by frame, you will see that several pianos were used, then edited into one fling. The plates as seen under the keybed are obviously different. There were absolutely two different ones during the initial launch, and more likely and indeterminately, three. I wouldn't be surprised to find that they flung ten and took the best clips from each to make the sequence. If you have the videotape, check it out. ( And, the keys sure launched themselves out of the keybed easily! - ? ) Bill Simon Phoenix
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