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'It's kaputt.' Movers accidentally drop virtuoso's one-of-a-kind $194,000 piano
CNN ^ | 02/11/2020 | Emma Reynolds

Posted on 02/12/2020 8:52:35 AM PST by Responsibility2nd

(CNN) — An extremely rare, $194,000 grand piano was smashed when movers dropped it while taking it out of a recording studio, Canadian virtuoso Angela Hewitt has revealed.

Hewitt, one of the world's leading classical pianists, said in a Facebook post that she had just finished recording Beethoven's piano variations in Berlin when the movers entered the studio control room to tell her they had dropped her handmade Fazioli piano.

The pianist said it had taken her 10 days to share the "very sad piece of news" because it "has been such a shock to me that I didn't immediately want to share it with the world."

Her precious F278 Fazioli piano was the only one in the world with four pedals, she wrote.

"I adored this piano. It was my best friend, best companion. I loved how it felt when I was recording -- giving me the possibility to do anything I wanted," she said.

"Now it is no longer."

The iron frame was broken, as was much of the structure, lid and case, she said.

Italian engineer and pianist Paolo Fazioli, the owner of Fazioli Pianos, declared the handmade instrument "unsalvageable," Hewitt wrote.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


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KEYWORDS: oops; piano
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Virtuoso Angela Hewitt plays her rare Fazioli F278 piano.
1 posted on 02/12/2020 8:52:35 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
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Image result for three stooges piano movers

Should have hired a more reliable moving company.

2 posted on 02/12/2020 8:52:56 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (Click my screen name for an analysis on how HIllary wins next November.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Ouch!


3 posted on 02/12/2020 8:53:59 AM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Progressives" (elitist communists) "Love you to death".)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Beat me to it.


4 posted on 02/12/2020 8:55:58 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Responsibility2nd
I was thinking illegal aliens.
5 posted on 02/12/2020 8:56:21 AM PST by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: Responsibility2nd
Did they hire this guy?

Priceless Steinway

6 posted on 02/12/2020 8:57:02 AM PST by CommerceComet (Hillary: A unique blend of arrogance, incompetence, and corruption.)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Years ago I watched movers talk a huge grand piano...like the one pictured...out of a 5th story window or door with a crane. Didn't stick around long enough to see if they dropped it but it was an interesting sight.
7 posted on 02/12/2020 8:57:02 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election)
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To: Responsibility2nd

8 posted on 02/12/2020 8:57:45 AM PST by Simon Foxx
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To: Responsibility2nd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZitGsc67TE


9 posted on 02/12/2020 8:58:59 AM PST by left that other site (If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
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The poor woman. I'm sure the anguish must be horrible.


10 posted on 02/12/2020 9:00:01 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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Years ago I helped move an antique upright piano.

There were 8 of us. Lifting that thing on the back of a pickup. Heaviest dang thing I ever saw!


11 posted on 02/12/2020 9:00:13 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (Click my screen name for an analysis on how HIllary wins next November.)
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Thanks for the laugh, this morning. L&H were comedy geniuses ... that’s for sure!


12 posted on 02/12/2020 9:00:22 AM PST by glennaro
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IIRC, there are specialized moving companies that handle rare and expensive items like this. Of course they cost a bit more than ‘Two Guys and a Truck’..................


13 posted on 02/12/2020 9:00:56 AM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I don’t think Germans moved it.


14 posted on 02/12/2020 9:02:27 AM PST by 2banana (My common ground with islamic terrorists - they want to die for allah and we want to kill them.)
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Image result for wile e coyote piano
15 posted on 02/12/2020 9:02:59 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (Click my screen name for an analysis on how HIllary wins next November.)
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Guess it’s time to start a GoFundMe page.


16 posted on 02/12/2020 9:03:54 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: Red Badger

Does the article say who she hired?


17 posted on 02/12/2020 9:04:08 AM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.cuase)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Its a recurring theme. Pianos are tough to move, especially from upper floors.

Death Wish Piano movers of Boston:

Death Wish Piano Movers

18 posted on 02/12/2020 9:04:13 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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I didn’t know Fazoli’s made pianos. Made that’s why it broke. Uncooked pasta is kind of brittle, and cooked pasta is limp.


19 posted on 02/12/2020 9:05:13 AM PST by redangus
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To: glennaro

L & H were an important part of my 50’s childhood.

My Dad was a projectionist, and on the Night Before The Fourth, he would cordon off our street and show L & H in 16mm to the whole neighborhood.

Since Fireworks were (and still are) illegal in MA, it was an excellent alternative.

PS...My mother’s piano had to stay put when we sold her home, because we COULDN’T get it down the stairs.


20 posted on 02/12/2020 9:06:12 AM PST by left that other site (If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
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