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RedHot25 · 04-11-2007, 04:33 PM

Ummm, oopsie?

Gotta like the guys in the picture.

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2...p.html?ref=rss

A British couple's dream of unveiling a valuable concert grand piano at their annual music festival came crashing down before them Tuesday.
John and Penny Adie, organizers of the Two Moors Festival, watched in horror as movers dropped the Bosendorfer piano they'd spent two years raising the funds to buy.

A specialist crew from moving company G&R was unloading the Austrian-made instrument — which is valued at £45,000 (close to $102,000 Cdn) — when it toppled over.
At a length of nearly three metres, the instrument is larger and longer than most concert grand pianos. Its tail end had caught on the truck and it fell about 2.5 metres down an embankment before crash landing, upside-down, on a bank of stone steps.

Penny Adie had been photographing every step, hoping to record the moment for posterity.

04-11-2007, 04:33 PM	#1
RedHot25 Franchise Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Probably stuck driving someone somewhere Exp:	U.K. movers hit bad note as $100,000 piano smashed Ummm, oopsie? Gotta like the guys in the picture. http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2...p.html?ref=rss A British couple's dream of unveiling a valuable concert grand piano at their annual music festival came crashing down before them Tuesday. John and Penny Adie, organizers of the Two Moors Festival, watched in horror as movers dropped the Bosendorfer piano they'd spent two years raising the funds to buy. A specialist crew from moving company G&R was unloading the Austrian-made instrument — which is valued at £45,000 (close to $102,000 Cdn) — when it toppled over. At a length of nearly three metres, the instrument is larger and longer than most concert grand pianos. Its tail end had caught on the truck and it fell about 2.5 metres down an embankment before crash landing, upside-down, on a bank of stone steps. *Penny Adie had been photographing every step, hoping to record the moment for posterity.*