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Piano found on Britain's highest mountain
Scottish Press Association ^
| May 17, 2006
| Scottish Press Association
Posted on 05/18/2006 11:36:30 PM PDT by Marius3188
A musical mystery today surrounded Britain's highest mountain after a piano was discovered near its summit. Volunteers clearing stones from the 4,418ft peak were astonished when they discovered the musical instrument on Ben Nevis. An appeal has now been launched to find out how and why the piano came to be within 200 metres of the top of the mountain.
The piano was recovered at the weekend by 15 volunteers from the John Muir Trust, the conservation charity which owns part of Ben Nevis.
The squad was removing litter and stones called cairns from the summit plateau when they spotted the top of the piano.
"Our guys couldn't believe their eyes," said trust director Nigel Hawkins.
(Excerpt) Read more at arts.guardian.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Unclassified; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: bennevis; mountain; mystery; piano
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To: Marius3188
Were there any cartoon characters crushed underneath it?
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posted on
05/18/2006 11:37:08 PM PDT
by
WestVirginiaRebel
(Common sense will do to liberalism what the atomic bomb did to Nagasaki-Rush Limbaugh)
To: Marius3188
You owe me a new monitor!
To: Marius3188
Sounds like something the Beatles might have paid to have done.
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posted on
05/18/2006 11:38:46 PM PDT
by
JennysCool
("I simply do not remember getting out of bed.")
To: Marius3188
details missing - model and probable age, any estimate of how long it was there. obviously a pianist probably wanted it there, played it, but who?
I have been to ft william many times but never up ben nevis, don't know what is involved in carrying a piano up there, or if it was even possible.
To: Marius3188
Elton John had a concert up there?
To: WoofDog123; Marius3188; MadIvan; David Hunter
details missing - model and probable age, any estimate of how long it was there. obviously a pianist probably wanted it there, played it, but who? Possibly a composer?
To: Marius3188
An appeal has now been launched to find out how and why the piano came to be within 200 metres of the top of the mountain. Obviously the poor thing just ran out of steam; so near to summiting, yet so far!
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posted on
05/18/2006 11:46:18 PM PDT
by
blowfish
To: Marius3188
The Magical Mystery Tour that is coming to take you away. :)
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posted on
05/18/2006 11:51:39 PM PDT
by
LuxMaker
To: Marius3188
Accidentally fell out of the TARDIS?!?
;-)
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posted on
05/18/2006 11:52:23 PM PDT
by
pillut48
(CJ in TX)
To: Marius3188
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posted on
05/18/2006 11:52:57 PM PDT
by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: A CA Guy
Heh! Over here, we call that thar an eight-hund'rd and sixty-two foot hole.
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posted on
05/18/2006 11:55:16 PM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Roll your own cigarettes! You'll save $$$ and smoke less!(Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name)
To: RandallFlagg
You sure do, lots of people actually live around the 4000 level throughout the world.
Granted it would be surprising to find a covered piano under rocks, but I would not be surprised if there were people living there once at all.
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posted on
05/18/2006 11:57:51 PM PDT
by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: A CA Guy
It's not particularly high as mountains go, but it's infamous for its bad weather, which can make things tricky. People can and do get killed on it. You can hike up Ben Nevis in an afternoon, but there are also challenging rock and ice routes that will test the most skilled of climbers.
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posted on
05/19/2006 12:06:16 AM PDT
by
kms61
To: A CA Guy
It's kinda like the "turtle sitting on top of a fence post" conundrum - ya gotta wonder how it got there...
To: MadIvan
Alright Ivan. How did you do it?
Confess. I know you're responsible somehow.
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posted on
05/19/2006 12:06:46 AM PDT
by
Ronin
(Ut iusta esse, lex noblis severus necesse est.)
To: Marius3188
Perhaps it belonged to Van Climburn
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posted on
05/19/2006 12:07:06 AM PDT
by
Rocky
(Air America: Robbing the poor to feed the Left)
To: Ronin
Well no one said mountaineers should be denied entertainment.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
05/19/2006 12:07:27 AM PDT
by
MadIvan
(I aim to misbehave.)
To: Marius3188; MadIvan
An appeal has now been launched to find out how and why the piano came to be within 200 metres of the top of the mountain.I believe the piano fancied itself a mountain climber. Next question.
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posted on
05/19/2006 12:08:27 AM PDT
by
Petronski
(I just love that woman.)
To: snoringbear
Some folks lived there once. They moved and could not take the piano and hoped to one day return for it.
Depending on the age, it was transported by either horse and wagon or old truck.
That is not that high up, people could easily have lived at that level.
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posted on
05/19/2006 12:10:31 AM PDT
by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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