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This was a Justin Bieber concert, a fan ran on stage and the security guard followed.
The first thought that ran through my mind, that wasn't an acoustic piano but a shell with an electric piano inserted. Could an acoustic grand have had that mishap?
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It looks to me like two fairly large guys are involved so that's probably about 400 pounds of weight there. The security guy slams the other guy fairly hard against the piano which should be enough to move almost any piano even one on locked wheels and the piano is on a platform about a foot off the stage and is pushed off the platform which is what causes the piano to overturn. I'd say it's possible even an acoustic grand would done the same thing.
None of the keys moved did they? I would`ve thought they`d`ve almost dropped out . . . Is the truth coming out at last? Acoustic Shell, DP in there . . .Sir Elton is this true?
The lid fell off, but I didn't see any strings. Somebody needs to tell Bieber to sing in tune, too. If he keeps that up, one day he'll hear lots of boos. Oh, wait...
Eric Gloo Piano Technician Certified Dampp-Chaser Installer Richfield Springs, New York
Clearly not a real piano from the underside view. A baby grand would weigh about 650 pounds and would not be so easy to knock 2 to 3 feet.
Btw, the singing was completely uninterrupted, and the music, also completely uninterrupted. Sounds like the whole thing was lip-sync'd, during a live concert no less; fake piano, fake playing, fake singing, fake music.
Somewhere on youtube there is a Steinway concert grand at the CMAs a few years back where some local experts rocked the piano from the piano board over on it's lyre, then it snapped off taking the other two legs with it.
If you are going to do it that way do not wear company logos and make sure the camera isn't behind you.
J. Christie Nashville Piano Rescue www.NashvillePianoRescue.com East Nashville Bowling Green, KY Scottsville KY. Chamber of Commerce Member/Sponsor
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At one time one used to see quite a lot of mime artists; they would pop up in the foyers of theatres and other public spaces. These days there seem to be fewer of them and I had assumed that this perhaps reflected a lack of interest on the part of their audience (there is, after all, a limit to the number of times that one can enjoy a performance based on the exploration of a non-existant sheet of glass) I now realise that I was mistaken. What has actually happened is that they have all been given employment miming the part of musicians at pop concerts.
In their honour I have written the following short verse:
You want to be rich but have problems with pitch? Life's better rewarded when it's all pre-recorded!
I would like to add, just in case there are any lawyers combing the site, that my comments do not in any way refer to Mr Justin Bieber, with whose work I am unfamiliar, but to a more general trend in the music industry. I would also like to add that my name is not Jean-Claude and that I do not live in France. I am in fact an unemployed window-cleaner's assistant and live in appalling poverty with my latest wife and my thirteen children in Eastern Albania.
J-C.
Edited for speling erer.
Last edited by Jean Claude; 05/21/1305:38 AM.
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