04-11-2007, 04:33 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Probably stuck driving someone somewhere
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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.
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04-11-2007, 04:35 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Calgary
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Ouch. But why did they not properly insure the thng? Could they sue the moving company? Very harsh.
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04-11-2007, 04:49 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Stern Nation
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ooooo, tough break. well, take it out of heir paycheck!
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04-11-2007, 07:15 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Calgary
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Who buys a $102,000 piano??
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04-11-2007, 08:08 PM
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FireFly
Ouch. But why did they not properly insure the thng? Could they sue the moving company? Very harsh.
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The article says it was insured for what they paid for it at auction, seems they got a great deal on auction, much less than actual value.
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04-12-2007, 08:39 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: London, Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SpitFire40
Who buys a $102,000 piano??
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You could say the same about a lot of things. Like who buys a 1.5 million dollar Ferrari? Its equally ridiculous to a lot of people. (Well, me mostly.  )
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04-12-2007, 09:08 AM
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: London, England
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The worst part of it was that they had saved and raised money for over 2 years just to buy that specific piano! There was a great photo in the paper on tuesday with one of the moving guys with his hands on his head and a look of 'oh sh it on me'.
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