A Diamond in the Rough

It always blows me away at some of the amazing things you can find out there. I love going to garage sales or flea markets. You just never know what you might find.

Peter Veinkman..."They hate this..."
Sorry, couldn't resist

I have to say that I would adore having a piano with an emblem like that on it.

this reminds me of one of those " find the articles hidden within the picture" I got the Eagle, the fan, the letter X, who can find the Key? lol

i'd kill for that piano

Sadness. It looks like a little girls once favoured doll, now uncaringly thrown out with all the rubbish.

You have a knack of capturing so much emotion, it breathtaking.

I am amazed at what is left behind...........just sad

I don't play piano that well and I STILL love and want to have that thing.

Had a friend who "rescued" an old piano. It was full of roaches

LOL Drew347 - i thought the same thing! lol

good one Drew!!!

that would make a beatiful paino if restored sad that it sit and rots in that hospital

this is one of my favorite photos, along with the wheelchair. This makes me want to write.. reminds me of the image you get from an old story that's passed on from generation to generation.

I love to play the piano. It is a Shame the whole building is gone.

plz tell me you at least played a few keys

Lovely photo Motts, so full of emotion. Great title for it.

da duuuuuuummmmmmmmm

Thanks :)

I am glad when I was hospitalized three times, things were a lot better. But they still treat the mentally ill like we are morans. Watch your back. lol! Just kidding!

this is an amazing shot Motts .
i love the piano because its like the calm in the storm .
(:

Would you mind if I used this picture or one of the others to make a website layout? It is not for monetary gain, only private use.

Email me at KathleenMadelineDonnelly@yahoo.com and let me know.

Thats a beautiful piano? It saddens me to see it in a place like this amongst crappy furniture.

The poor piano, it must've been gorgeous when it was new.

ahh i've been right in that spot.

oh no ! Waste !

Please play me the tune of yesteryear. You have so many tales to tell. I'm hearing them now through the voices of the past.

thats a beautiful piano! worth some big bucks i'm sure.
the history of it is priceless

Such a beautiful piano among old 1970's junk

that piano is beautiful. it looks good now, it kinda makes you wonder how gorgeous it looked when it was new.

beautiful!

very nice... I wonder if it still "works"

Beautius piano

wow, i too would love to have that piano ... and the vintage doorknob plate a few shots back!

Interesting piano! I wonder if there was ever a Music Therapist employed there in its heyday. My parents went on a tour there once, before they fully closed the building. They said that one room was painted all black! How morbid! I wonder what it was used for-insolation room, perhaps? How sad! It's nice when the walls are painted in more plesant colors, such as cheerful pastels. One time a patient escaped and landed at our house. (We lived down the street from WSH) She looked disoriented and her clothes looked dated, like that from the 50's-60's. The make-up on her face was extreme. My dad drove her back to the hospital. As a child, I was both shocked and saddened. On a more upbeat note, the Clock Tower looks beautiful when the sun is setting. I'm glad it was a fixture, sitting on that hill, for most of my life.

wow, absolutely amazing.

I love how the piano is brought to the viewers' attention by the colours around it, greys, browns, blacks. it really draws out the white of the piano, making the viewer focus and take in the details.

your photographs, in my opinion, give way to many the secrets and stories this building, and many others like it, holds; as well as the imagination. there are so many emotions portrayed in your photographs, they give the viewer a sense of feeling.

you have the ability to bring what is hidden among darkness into the light.

I am glad that you had the opportunity to capture parts of this wondrous building that were later demolished.


In the future, I would love to photograph such buildings myself.