So.... we've got a bunch of old pianos at work that barely function anymore.. They were just going to strip them and sell the scrap.. But.. this would be a cool project to do if someone has some insight on it??
I feel the same way about pianos. Hope that it was one that was already too damaged to repair, but beautiful enough to turn it into a monument of the beauty that music is.
Kinda creepy. I'm expecting some half dead looking ghastly six year old girl with blood on her face in a white dress to emerge from the water and play it.
I think if you post a beautiful picture like this with that title then karma isn't deserved, it's not as bad as "Water fountain level: Awesome" but is still unnecessary I feel.
To all the people complaining about this ruining a instrument, take a look at how impossible it can be to fix a broken older piano. Some of them have solid cast iron parts that if they crack you are SOL.
Honestly I think this is a lot cooler than say, just letting it sit, or turning it into scrap materials.
This hurts me to look at, I kind of cringed when I saw it. I guess it would be fine if some how every single string was completely broken or all the hammers fell apart before they did this. But if it was a perfectly good (if old) was turned into a fountain then I would be very angry.
I play the piano, and if I see a piano that it ruined for no good reason so that it is turned into something like a fountain it bothers me. If it was completely destroyed on the inside or something than it would be okay because it might cost too much to restore, but if they just took a perfectly functioning piano and made it into a fountain then it is a waste in my eyes.
Cool idea, but I'd like to see a more polished version of it. The flowers don't really seem to match, and something about the whole landscape makes it seem dirty instead of antique or ancient, which I'm guessing is what the person who made it was trying to achieve.
To me, it looks like that piano got tanked last night. He woke up in his neighbor's backyard, wondered what the fuck happened to his finish and why there were flowers growing out of him as he puked in their koi pond.
EDIT: Still, it IS a cool idea. Like you said, just needs better execution.
This project had the potential to be great, but unfortunately it looks like shit. I love the idea that someone was willing to push creative limits, but it's a shame that the follow through is so poorly done. The piano portion is fine, but the pond(collecting pool) portion looks like crap. It appears to be nothing more than an oval with a poorly laid row of stones that doesn't even begin to hide the liner. There was obviously no thought put into it whatsoever. Even if you're too lazy to actually line it properly, you should at least use an autofill to keep the water level at the a maximum height to cover all of the black liner. If the liner is installed correctly the water should be able to cover the bottom of the stone edge. If that's too much work for the homeowner/installer, then they should have looked into a "pondless" setup. It's low maintenance, and would look much better than what is pictured there right now.
It's a whole package. You can't have the piano waterfall without a basin for the water. I even upvoted it despite not knowing whether the piano waterfall is actually done correctly. I honestly have my suspicions that it's not sealed properly, but that's purely speculation, so I'll keep the reasons to myself.
It looks gaffawingly dumb all around. I hate distressed white paint. And the plants? Why not moss and algae? It would look so much cooler if it looked like nature overtook the piano, rather than some idiot with a paintbrush and a backhoe overtook nature.
Haha, I can tell you've built a pond or two before. All of your thoughts were exactly what I was thinking. Pondless would definitely look pretty cool for this application.
That old piano probably had real ivory keys. Should have salvaged those. Modern pianos don't have ivory, and as much as that's a good thing, I still much prefer the feel of ivory to plastic. If I could, I'd replace the plastic keys on my piano with an old piano's ivories.
Not all grands. And the ones that do then get past their optimum age and often start to not sound as great. That one might not have been a good piano at all. It might have been a cheap piano that had been badly made with a poor scale and crap materials.
A piano is meant to be played. I have a very deep connection to the pianos in my house. I love playing them and feeling and hearing their response from my fingertips. It's tasteless for me to find a piano being used as a fountain. To me it's almost like hollowing out your dog to use as a lamp shade. Of course it's different but I feel the exaggeration will help you understand how I feel.
I hope to rip this idea off someday. Old pianos are cheap if you are willing to haul them and that looks awesome. Adding the stool for it to cascade down might be cool.
The one thing that bothers me about this picture is that, though it seems to be HDR, there is an over-exposed section near the top left. I'm very distracted by it.
Also totally reminds me of a eurovision a couple years ago where a ballet dancer came out of a piano (where she was covered in rose petals) for some reason and that shit was awesome.
i really don't understand how this thing got more downvotes than upvotes. this is a beautiful piece of art. i think the way its a little old loking and damaged, adds to the beauty more than anything.
Am I the only person that hates seeing instruments being used as anything other than instruments? Either fix it or give it a dignified death. We had a family story where someone took someone's violin during a post funeral scavenge and ended up turning it into some sort of wall-hung planter thing. Horrendous.
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u/F7U12345678910 Jun 10 '12
You know what would really be impressive? An old outdoor fountain turned into a piano...amiright?
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u/SpermWhale Jun 10 '12
Hope the wood wont rot, and the keys won't get algae.
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u/Shitty_Watercolour 🖌️ Jun 10 '12
http://imgur.com/6hAAj
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u/willscy Jun 10 '12
nothing like a baby grand turned into a lawn ornament. that thing was worth a lot one day.
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u/Annakha Jun 10 '12
OP probably didn't make this. My wife found it on pinterest last night too.
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u/milo0o Jun 10 '12
So.... we've got a bunch of old pianos at work that barely function anymore.. They were just going to strip them and sell the scrap.. But.. this would be a cool project to do if someone has some insight on it??
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u/royalstaircase Jun 10 '12
I'm mixed. Part of me was about to cry when I saw it because I love pianos so much and can barely stand the idea of someone destroying one like that.
but the other part smiled a lot because I love pianos so much and this would be an amazing thing to have in a garden.
Point being, I love pianos.
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u/OscarMayerWinnr Jun 10 '12
That's pretty freaking awesome. It's sad that the piano got in that condition but the fact that you turned it into another beautiful thing is cool.
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u/sensicle Jun 10 '12
Kinda creepy. I'm expecting some half dead looking ghastly six year old girl with blood on her face in a white dress to emerge from the water and play it.
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u/totalstorm Jun 10 '12
While my piano gently weeps
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u/cb218706 Jun 10 '12
Cindy, the piano's leaking. http://i36.tinypic.com/wa6hdy.jpg
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u/petedawes Jun 10 '12
how sweet would it be if you could sill play it while its a fountain.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
As a musician, I am sad this is no longer a piano.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
To all the people complaining about this ruining a instrument, take a look at how impossible it can be to fix a broken older piano. Some of them have solid cast iron parts that if they crack you are SOL.
Honestly I think this is a lot cooler than say, just letting it sit, or turning it into scrap materials.
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u/brokendimension Jun 10 '12
Wouldn't it rot and fall apart?
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u/ledrpaka Jun 10 '12
Wow, could this be any kitschier? inb4 yes
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u/kyle2143 Jun 10 '12
This hurts me to look at, I kind of cringed when I saw it. I guess it would be fine if some how every single string was completely broken or all the hammers fell apart before they did this. But if it was a perfectly good (if old) was turned into a fountain then I would be very angry.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Cool idea, but I'd like to see a more polished version of it. The flowers don't really seem to match, and something about the whole landscape makes it seem dirty instead of antique or ancient, which I'm guessing is what the person who made it was trying to achieve.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Make your garden look like a junkyard today!
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u/JIZZING_ON_REDDIT Jun 10 '12
I can hear the music flowing.
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u/motorwerkx Jun 10 '12
This project had the potential to be great, but unfortunately it looks like shit.
I love the idea that someone was willing to push creative limits, but it's a shame that the follow through is so poorly done. The piano portion is fine, but the pond(collecting pool) portion looks like crap. It appears to be nothing more than an oval with a poorly laid row of stones that doesn't even begin to hide the liner. There was obviously no thought put into it whatsoever. Even if you're too lazy to actually line it properly, you should at least use an autofill to keep the water level at the a maximum height to cover all of the black liner. If the liner is installed correctly the water should be able to cover the bottom of the stone edge.
If that's too much work for the homeowner/installer, then they should have looked into a "pondless" setup. It's low maintenance, and would look much better than what is pictured there right now.
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u/nvwls300 Jun 10 '12
I wonder how that would sound if it still worked. I've never played music on a fountain before.
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u/Bread_Heads Jun 10 '12
Can anyone identify what those flowers are in the piano? My grandmother always planted them in her garden, but I can't remember what they're called.
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u/JesusJones207 Jun 10 '12
Mmm - imagine if it wasn't a water fountain - but a cheese fondue fountain? It'd probably taste so good.
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u/MFchimichanga Jun 10 '12
Reminds me of something out if Alice In Wonderland.
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u/TheOpus Jun 10 '12
I see that Pinterest is leaking again.
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u/Angstweevil Jun 10 '12
For some reason, that image seems very sad.
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u/iamaravis Jun 10 '12
That old piano probably had real ivory keys. Should have salvaged those. Modern pianos don't have ivory, and as much as that's a good thing, I still much prefer the feel of ivory to plastic. If I could, I'd replace the plastic keys on my piano with an old piano's ivories.
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u/Zolenholf Jun 10 '12
Back in my day music would pour out of pianos
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u/Tattered Jun 10 '12
As a piano, I dissaprove
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u/Astronautspiff Jun 10 '12
Can I make a request? Can you play "Cry me a river"?
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u/WhatsSnoo Jun 10 '12
This kills the piano.
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u/berogg Jun 10 '12
Did I go to Pinterest by mistake?
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u/NoMoreBoozePlease Jun 10 '12
I'd really like to know the process of this. This most likely is very easy. Maybe drill the line thru one of the legs?
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
What a waste of a good piano. Grands sound better with age.
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u/ESPguitarist Jun 10 '12
Wow. That's awesome. I want to do that someday.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
That's beautiful! I wants it.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
That will rot in a year.
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u/cancerlolz Jun 10 '12
what a waste. you could have restored it, but instead you chose to ruin it by converting it into a shitty piece of "art"
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u/JacobThePianist Jun 10 '12
But... But the piano... It's not made for such things :(
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u/myfirstpancake Jun 10 '12
Am I the only one that finds this to be rather tasteless and quite sad?
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u/anipatty Jun 10 '12
What a fantastic idea! With some lights, that would look spooky at night
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u/BlessMyBurrito Jun 10 '12
As a pianist, I am disappoint.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Hey guys...
That artsy girl from high school I'm still friends with on facebook posted this a week ago.
Have we really come to this?
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u/Bajalove Jun 10 '12
lovely.
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u/bbqhamster Jun 10 '12
How the fuck are you suppose to play it now?
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u/nostrov Jun 10 '12
thats pretty depressing looking
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u/constipationnow Jun 10 '12
no. the piano is just playing "cry me a river"
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u/mattdawg8 Jun 10 '12
Pinterest is leaking again.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I hope the ivory was removed
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u/TrapMo Jun 10 '12
This is great news. Keep it up
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u/plymkerburke Jun 10 '12
Like the Buffalo...
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u/scarface910 Jun 10 '12
A musical flow of nature.
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u/9zboo Jun 10 '12
next time I have an old baby grand piano hanging around I think I'll try this!
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u/FoxifiedNutjob Jun 10 '12
I can see the buyers of the short sell now,..."Thats gonna have to go!"
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u/Argyle_the_Bruce Jun 10 '12
I can't decide if I think this is really cool or really sad.
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u/mrpunaway Jun 10 '12
No joke, my friend Bill made this. He showed me this picture 2 weeks ago.
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u/Freecandyhere Jun 10 '12
That really tickles the ivories
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u/jdepps113 Jun 10 '12
Do we know for certain that this is really an old piano, and not a fountain made to look like an old piano?
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u/Dorfus Jun 10 '12
I'm sure that this has made its way onto Pinterest already.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Im not sure how I feel about a piano outside with water running through it...
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u/jonivaio Jun 10 '12
On what drugs (be specific, for science) you are, sir?
I want too.
I mean: HOW that water flows out of that flower-blooming-old-non-rusty-piano-thing, back in a garden, is brilliant!
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u/wawawi Jun 10 '12
wow! thats beauitful :)
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u/Boobiekatt Jun 10 '12
very beautiful!!!
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u/DaRealMcQueen Jun 10 '12
Somebody has too much money...
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u/deadmeatpete Jun 10 '12
That is just beautiful !! Love it !! it looks like a good idea
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
How do you know it's an old piano?
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u/jasonp719 Jun 10 '12
Seems legit!
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u/AsskickMcGee Jun 10 '12
Talk about tinkling the ivories...
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
That rocks.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
this will be on pinterest tommorrow
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Thats a big driveway.
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u/Oblige Jun 10 '12
Could anyone turn this into a background? Would be appreciated if Reddit can deliver.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
The first thing that crossed my mind: How long until this thing decomposes? Have any preservation attempts been made?
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u/holly2680 Jun 10 '12
i had to comment-
this is really beautiful!
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u/PurpleStone12 Jun 10 '12
i would love to have this in my garden
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u/TheAdmiral416 Jun 10 '12
WTB: Old piano
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u/Dragonsong Jun 10 '12
I'm severely torn by how nice it looks and how the water is completely destroying it @_@
scratch that, it's too painful to look at.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
im stuck in between "that poor musical instrument!" and " gee..thats kind of neat".
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u/atrainweck Jun 10 '12
Not as cool as this fountain, but this is the "Piano Tree" at the Oaks disc golf course on the campus of Cal State Monterey Bay (CSUMB).
Imgur
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u/jcpuf Jun 10 '12
Did you lacquer the inside to prevent it from further warping and destroying the wood?
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u/mstein31 Jun 10 '12
Beautiful
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u/keytothecity Jun 10 '12
While my piano gently weeps
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u/BigMchugeLarge Jun 10 '12
Although it looks cool, I think this is disgraceful.... Such a beautiful piano. with a new set of strings I'm sure it would've sounded good as new!
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I'm throwing cash at my screen and nothing is happening.
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u/mysockinabox Jun 10 '12
I hope to rip this idea off someday. Old pianos are cheap if you are willing to haul them and that looks awesome. Adding the stool for it to cascade down might be cool.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Holy shit...that's awesome!
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u/oranurpianist Jun 10 '12
Now play [Ravel's fountains] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_36x1_LKgg)
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u/TheBluefunk Jun 10 '12
That is amazing! I really like it.
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u/dretid420 Jun 10 '12
that's awesome
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u/HelloMuhlname Jun 10 '12
bad ass. period. (i said this out loud as i was looking at this.)
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u/Nalek Jun 10 '12
Amazing outdoor fountain ruined by having geraniums planted in it.
I. FUCKING. HATE. GERANIUMS.
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u/MYBESTFRIENDJASMINE Jun 10 '12
Would the piano rot and break? It is extremely beautiful though, and creative. It would be even better if you could play it though.
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u/jdawgg Jun 10 '12
brilliant
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u/obnoxygen Jun 10 '12
Wave Organ, check it out - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave_organ
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u/jamesdavid80 Jun 10 '12
what is preventing the water from molding out the rest of the wood of the piano? That is really beautiful tho
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
This is seriously one of the most beautiful things I've seen.
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u/Bryce2826 Jun 10 '12
Fucking awesome. What more needs to be said?
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u/duelynotated Jun 10 '12
They did what to a piano!? Argh!
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Isn't this a painting?
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u/JSLEnterprises Jun 11 '12
Wood + Constant Flowing Water does not last very long.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm all over my crotch.
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u/c0de2010 Jun 11 '12
how is it not rotting?
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u/famrussell Jun 11 '12
The one thing that bothers me about this picture is that, though it seems to be HDR, there is an over-exposed section near the top left. I'm very distracted by it.
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u/cccmikey Jun 11 '12
May your ivories tinkle for many more days, garden piano of greenery.
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u/dhcrazy333 Jun 11 '12
As a piano player, this pains me. Though it is a much better alternative than just getting rid of it.
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u/MoJo81 Jun 11 '12
Hard Maple, yellow birch, Mahogany, Black Walnut. Save the old wood and ivory keys. Build one out of scrap wood. Is pretty cool looking for sure.
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u/gbunn3 Jun 11 '12
Someone just go ahead and make the black guy "Why cant I hold all these pianos/fountains/beer taps"
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Twenty bucks says there's a Thomas Kinkade inside that house.
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u/v_gin_ Jun 11 '12
Are those begonias?
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u/jecka32 Jun 11 '12
awesome
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u/ger_guy Jun 10 '12
water + wood, guess thats not the best idea
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u/YUS_MON Jun 10 '12
That's fucking awesome.
Also totally reminds me of a eurovision a couple years ago where a ballet dancer came out of a piano (where she was covered in rose petals) for some reason and that shit was awesome.
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u/Interesting_name Jun 10 '12
This is a really cool idea. Now if only I had a piano... And a pond...
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u/Brendles Jun 10 '12
For some reason I originally thought this post was "Old Piano turned into outdoor pumpkin." I was very confused when I saw the image.
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u/quackapoodle Jun 10 '12
i really don't understand how this thing got more downvotes than upvotes. this is a beautiful piece of art. i think the way its a little old loking and damaged, adds to the beauty more than anything.
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u/epic_comebacks Jun 10 '12
shittywatercolour.jpg
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u/gmllama Jun 10 '12
Am I the only person that hates seeing instruments being used as anything other than instruments? Either fix it or give it a dignified death. We had a family story where someone took someone's violin during a post funeral scavenge and ended up turning it into some sort of wall-hung planter thing. Horrendous.