Thursday, January 13, 2011

Garden Piano


Last spring when down visiting my parents down at Hagal farm I went for a wander in the gardens as I like to do when I go down there, so many interesting paths and corners to be explored. During my wander I stopped off to have a look to see how the garden piano was doing.
By now it has all but disintegrated, but it still holds a magical charm about it, in fact it was all part of the plan! Perhaps I should explain.


Besides being a passionate gardener, my dad (Fred) is also a passionate piano player, so a few years back we got him a new piano for his birthday. So the old piano spent a wile in the shed before he had the great idea to put it out in the garden. I can almost see one of Bruno Torfs sculptures sitting there playing it when no one is around (The first picture is my photoshopped impression of this)  




Tucked away in a inconspicuous corner, the piano creates a entire atmosphere of its own. Slowly over time it began housing plants and wildlife alike, becoming part of the landscape. Although it quickly lost its ability to play any notes, my dad was hoping to wake up one morning to a loud clang, when the piano would finally fall apart, making its final encore.


Unfortunately it never did produce the theatrical clang he was hoping for, it did on day just fall apart, creating a new and in some way far more enchanting garden feature.







Unfortunately as I was not there when the piano was moved, I don’t have any photos of this, So the first few photos were taken in 2008 by a guest staying at Hagal farm
This post has been adapted from Stone Art's Blog post 'Garden Piano'

4 comments:

  1. Dust to dust is the key.

    There is something quite natural how nature outlives man and his works. There is also something very funny about this.

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  2. This garden piano is whimsy ;-) Love it.

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  3. Reminds me why my kids aren't taking piano lessons! Or violin, trumpet...

    Love the approach of your blog. Cwe can all use a bit of holistic living, can't we?

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  4. Just stumbled onto the blog.Fantastic stuff.I love the respect you show to elderly pianos.
    I too have a passion for old pianos and can't
    bear to see them go to the dump.
    As a sculptor & bricoleur I am fascinated with the internal components of a piano and now re-cycle them into my wall panels & 3d sculptures. Check out my web page.

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