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Always a piano left behind.
Bob
Thu 06-09-2011
Wonder why that is...why do they never ever take the pianos?
TootUncommon
Thu 06-09-2011
A damaged piano is difficult to move, and expensive if not impossible to repair.
Lissbeth
Thu 06-09-2011
Probably hasn't been played in 40 years.
Spydertap
Fri 06-10-2011
a left behind piano is so sad :(
bobo miller
Fri 06-10-2011
Looks lonely. Do you think it misses human contact?
Lady Ethereal Butterfly
Fri 06-10-2011
With all the mold I wonder what it sounds like if played?
A D Nilsen
Fri 06-10-2011
Wow. Hopefully not a Steinway, left to rot.
BKWOntario
Fri 06-10-2011
it always evokes a feeling of dispair when I see musical instruments in this condition.
eldokid@aol.com
Fri 06-10-2011
I wonder who was the last person to play this and what song did they play? I agree. Abandoned and rotting pianos are rather sad. This instrument will never play again.
Larry D
Fri 06-10-2011
The crumbling wall, the piano shyly sitting in the very left corner and the title "Entertainment" make this a very impressing image.

Did you try if any of the keys still worked? (It doesn't seem like, though)
JanitorMaster
Fri 06-10-2011
'Stop chewing on the piano'
Binky
Fri 06-10-2011
These suckers were HEAVY! Nice patina on the wall.
Phiftybuick
Fri 06-10-2011
No maqtter if it was operable before, by now the sound board is cracked and as Lissbeth said impossible to repair. Such a shame.
Claudia
Sat 06-11-2011
Aw...lonely piano shot. I bet this sounded gorgeous in its hey-day. It is so sad to see such a beautiful instrument of art be forgotten and left to rot. :(
MamaToFiveInPA
Sat 06-11-2011
lol tootuncommon . they never take the pianos cause there to heavy.
true story when i moved out of my last house me and my wife left the piano ... to heavy
nick
Mon 06-13-2011
same here. Back in the day when these were popular and everyone had one, they also had piano movers. Try to find a piano mover today. I had an upright grand piano like this but mine was a player piano so it was even heavier, probably about a thousand pounds. When I moved out of the apartment I was in, I had to hire people with a crane in order to get this out the front window. I'm glad I took pictures because no one believed it when I told them.
eldokid@aol.com
Mon 06-13-2011
Wow what a great shot Motts very thought provoking of days past. i do have to admit I'm a bit surprised it has not fallen though the floor yep with how the whole place is rotting!
Canada
Mon 06-13-2011
WANT!..... could be a CD cover.
nvusofmotts
Mon 06-13-2011
This one's gorgeous!
Su Pang
Fri 06-17-2011
It's always a shame when things, especially instruments like this- gets left behind. BUT... after having several keyboards and pianos and organs over the years, some of them are quite heavy. One almost has to have Herculean strength or a team of people to move one, so maybe this was the reason they are left behind.
Saywardstudio
Tue 06-21-2011
The music is long gone
Tara
Thu 08-04-2011
I'd give it a good home.
Mein Nam Ist........
Fri 08-19-2011

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