middle schoolers, piano sledging
March 5, 2010
yesterday, about fifty 7th and 8th graders visited the gallery from a nearby middle school. they were hungry and loud, but listened to me play a bit on the de-tuned piano while they ate their lunches.
with the help of open space’s technician, dallas, i then proceeded to ‘remove’ the outside casing of the piano with a tool who’s name, i have recently learned, is maul.
needless to say, the kids enjoyed this portion of the presentation.
unfortunately, i failed to properly press ‘record’ on my recorder, so the amazing sound of bludgeoning the piano with the MAUL went undocumented. another time.
next, the kids got a chance to see what sounds they could make with the inside of the piano. the spectacle resembled a pack of dogs ripping apart their pray. i suppose that is one approach to making sound.
Hello Gust,
Nice. It seems much less traumatizing than the destruction of Thomas Lehn’s former piano by Lee Paterson in Cologne 2 years ago…