Someone else who knows how to use big words, I'm impressed. Before you embarrass yourself any further read my responses from other idiot's comments. Dork.
@TheRealvoid1 Okay, I'll explain it for the 20th time now: Pianos don't last for ever. some are worth rebuilding, some are not. When the pin block is delaminated, the strings are rusted, the bridges are split, the action is worn out, the soundboard is shattered, etc, - it's time to throw it away. OR- you can put $14,000 into to rebuilding if you don't mind it being worth being $5,000 afterward. Of course I'll be happy to take your money, that's what I do for a living. Any takers?
you would have to spend twice that amount to rebuild these junkers and would end up with a piano that's worth about $5K. Great investment if you don't mind loosing money.
Oh... by the way any decent grand will start at about $8+. $5k grands are everywhere, very disappointing, and risky. Better to put the the $5k down, finance the rest, and then pay it off in a couple years.
@gurra9 Not really. These were all clunkers that were beyond servicing years ago and should never have even been stored. They were very flat due to lack of regular tuning so the tension was low. The idea of pianos "exploding" is entirely a myth. There is about 20 tons of tension in there but it's all stored as kinetic energy. A string would only have to be released about a 1/4" to loose most of it's energy. If the tension was spontaneously released it would make a big BANG but that's all.
@gurra9 most metal strings, especially those used on guitars and pianos are designed in a way that when they break, they break- they dont snap and fling themselves, when they break they usually break closest to the bridge
@pmj007 No, but I have rescued a few. About 15% of these were salvageable which were repaired and sold. I currently have two unrestored grands in my shop that I rescued, both only hours away from being destroyed. One is an 1834 Broadwood which was hidden away for years in one the worst neighborhoods you will find anywhere.
Unthankfull, Don´t throw these poor piano´s away, I bet there´s someone who wants them and who can restore them of something like that, or just give it to the poor children so they can play a little music.
These aren't "poor pianos". They don't have emotions, what they ARE is worn out junk that is not economically feasible to repair or rebuild. They range in age from 50-80+ years old and are completely worn out. Anybody who took one would quickly realize they voluntarily brought home a paper weight and spent money out of pocket to have a piano tech come to their house and tell them forget it. Then they have to figure out how to get rid of it again. Pianos don't last forever.
the piano at 1:46 looked like one of those god awful 1940-50s redesigns called a mirror piano, bottom of the barrel crap wise, trust me, it deserved to die lol
@TonyL1000 lol hilarious,i play piano and there are millions on ebay not worth wasting a match on,they advertise them for £50 etc and poor parents buy them for thir kids hoping they'll be prodigies, kids should have a good piano even beginners
@afertyus1000 Well I bought a piano for $500 and when i got it appraised it was worth 50000 dollars restored, Some people cant afford a "nice piano" and if you think that go out and buy me a new steinway id prefer at least a semi concert model A 6' 2" (188cm) Thanks......thats what i thought!!!!!!!!!! that is a waist of a piano good or bad
@pmj007 i too bought a pano for £100 and sold it for £2000, but you have to know what you are looking at someone tried to sell me a victorian peeling laquerwork and sticky keys for £50 i told him i'd charge £100 to take it away to the dump!
No, they were ALL junk. Junk, junk, junk, junk, junk. Including "1:46". We filled 5 roll off dumpsters with junk pianos that I wouldn't give an enemy. Those that were sellable or could be repaired were taken elsewhere.
They were junk pianos that had been stored for years in a warehouse. They should never had been stored in the first place, few of them were worth anything. That was compounded by the leaky roof. They would have cost 3 times what they would have been worth to fix.
If you can't flip it for a quick buck, tear it down.
Forget the fact that there will never ever be another one from the old time manufacturers.
Guys like you went around and tore out all the player mechanisms for a quick buck, not because they couldn't be fixed, but because you couldn't turn a fast dollar doing it. Now they are gone forever.
I think I'd rather see one of the pianos fall and break YOU. Now that would be worth watching. Like an episode of "Jackasses." LMAO!
Manufacturers have built cheap expendable pianos since day one, just like the cheap Chinese pianos made today. Not every piano is worth rebuilding; in fact most are not. Would you consider rebuilding 1975 Ford Pinto?
Every piano in this warehouse was gone through. Those that were worth saving were saved. As far as player actions go, I belong to three mechanical music preservation societies, (AMICA, MBSI, COAA). I do not advocate removing player actions.
I do understand that these pianos are junk and usually not sellable. but I guess heck why not try and sell them. Post them all up on craigslist for a couple of weeks for free or like $30 a piece or so. Then see which ones go,
I am sure someone will be very happy to get an at least playing piano, or something they can use parts from.
I am glad to also see someone who is very professional doing this, not some dumb teenagers.
Junk is junk. If you try to sell them all you do is "burn" somebody who thought they were getting a treasure, and after they moved it or worse yet paid someone for moving. There are plenty of people out there who will rip off unsuspecting buyers for a few dollars. I've been in this business for 15 years and I've seen plenty of suckers who felt stupid after hauling off someone else's problem and paid them for the privilege.
The person playing "Elite Syncopations" has good taste in music :)
Question, do you guys ever try to salvage parts? Like the ebony sharps, and ivory keytops? Is it possible to remove and reuse veneer? I've heard it's harder to get top quality veneer these days as was used in the past.
The cycle of nature continues. Cut the trees, built the instrument, destroy it, it degrades, new tree :)
They were all junk from a music retailer storage area. I removed the repairable and/or sellable pianos. The rest you see had a variety of problems ranging from bad pin blocks and bridge problems to completely worn out actions. Most of the issues ranged from very bad to catostrophic. A number of them had water damage. You wouldn't want to give them away to an enemy or he'd come back and beat the crap out of you.
We ended up completely filling 5 roll-off dumpsters with junk pianos. They needed to be broken down to make them all fit, it's expensive to fill any more then neccessary. Besides, it's more fun to smash them up manually. I spend the rest of my time working on good pianos.
It's nice to see a knowledgable person was responsible behind the demolition of these. I know the type of work that goes into restoring a piano; why create a headache working 100's of hours on a 'basket case'? Those that say, "your destroying treasure" don't understand how to evaluate and assess a piano or the time it can take to restore even the good ones. There are PLENTY of worthwhile instruments out there to restore. What gets me is when some idiot destroys a good one.
They go to the workshop for cleaning and servicing and then either the sales floor or stored until a clearance sale event. If someone is looking for a cheep servicable used piano at a specific price they can potentially be sold directly out of the warehouse.
Yes that one looks ok. Doesnt look good, but I am sure it would be nice restored. Looks to be a mid 1880s piano. Perhaps a Steinway judging by the style.
Someone else who knows how to use big words, I'm impressed. Before you embarrass yourself any further read my responses from other idiot's comments. Dork.
just2amuse 1 week ago
FUCKING YOU IN YOUR MOTHER!!!PIANO IS HEART!!
mscwsl817 1 week ago
;(
Fyeagass16 1 week ago
I just wish I worked there! I'd use the pianos to organize piano smashing competitions.
morepianosmashing 2 months ago
Pierdolone czarnuchy , do zoo z nimi .
CallOfDutyZombieMod 2 months ago
Thats is what a pity ,because lot of people can never afford this kind of Piano and they just destroy it for fun
Thats very very very Sad and without heart
I have no respect with this people
TheRealvoid1 3 months ago
@TheRealvoid1 Okay, I'll explain it for the 20th time now: Pianos don't last for ever. some are worth rebuilding, some are not. When the pin block is delaminated, the strings are rusted, the bridges are split, the action is worn out, the soundboard is shattered, etc, - it's time to throw it away. OR- you can put $14,000 into to rebuilding if you don't mind it being worth being $5,000 afterward. Of course I'll be happy to take your money, that's what I do for a living. Any takers?
just2amuse 3 months ago 4
@just2amuse my excavator woulda done it faster! haha
zackhoe1978 2 months ago
I have another one to get rid of that's taking up space in my shop. Bring your machine on over and I'll serve cocktails.
SonataLou 2 months ago
I don´t know what is much terrible ,the best horror movie or this video!
chyrban 3 months ago
you would have to spend twice that amount to rebuild these junkers and would end up with a piano that's worth about $5K. Great investment if you don't mind loosing money.
Oh... by the way any decent grand will start at about $8+. $5k grands are everywhere, very disappointing, and risky. Better to put the the $5k down, finance the rest, and then pay it off in a couple years.
just2amuse 3 months ago 4
i have to save up $5000 for a grand piano... i wish i could have one of those pianos
:(
musicstartama 3 months ago
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u better give all the piano to me
bluedanube64504661 4 months ago
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bluedanube64504661 4 months ago
I can Hear hear the piano CRY T.T
masterlei03 5 months ago
Én jobban megbecsülök egy hangszert . és talán annak adom akinek nincs rá pénze műveletlenek.
ymzperx 6 months ago
I want that job!
morepianosmashing 7 months ago
I HATE YOU
Senii17 7 months ago 4
@Senii17 You promise?
just2amuse 7 months ago 2
itsa piano holocaust.
mafed451 8 months ago
How menny piano did you guys smashed up
KMNKeyboardVault 8 months ago
It hurts me...
I would never can do it..
laurashakira 10 months ago
in soviet Russia the pianos smash you..
david1234000 10 months ago
Now I know how the Vegans feel when they watch a slaughterhouse video.
Artotentanz 11 months ago
How much is it abandoned for one month?
okitupo 11 months ago
Can't this be quite dangerous. I'm just thinking about the tenson of the strings and if one snapped, you could do some serious damage to yourself.
gurra9 1 year ago
@gurra9 Not really. These were all clunkers that were beyond servicing years ago and should never have even been stored. They were very flat due to lack of regular tuning so the tension was low. The idea of pianos "exploding" is entirely a myth. There is about 20 tons of tension in there but it's all stored as kinetic energy. A string would only have to be released about a 1/4" to loose most of it's energy. If the tension was spontaneously released it would make a big BANG but that's all.
just2amuse 1 year ago 3
@gurra9 most metal strings, especially those used on guitars and pianos are designed in a way that when they break, they break- they dont snap and fling themselves, when they break they usually break closest to the bridge
InfiniteRhombus 10 months ago
what was wrong with the piano that you started playing?
BBgunmaster67 1 year ago
Why don't they save the ivories?
spiritbrother 1 year ago
I wonder if you ever distroyed a piano worth money?
pmj007 1 year ago
@pmj007 No, but I have rescued a few. About 15% of these were salvageable which were repaired and sold. I currently have two unrestored grands in my shop that I rescued, both only hours away from being destroyed. One is an 1834 Broadwood which was hidden away for years in one the worst neighborhoods you will find anywhere.
just2amuse 1 year ago
@just2amuse Well Im glad to see you didn't do something really dumb.
pmj007 1 year ago
@pmj007 No, only junk. The good ones go elsewhere.
just2amuse 1 year ago
DISLIKE!!!!
zongi8 1 year ago
@zongi8 Okay.
just2amuse 1 year ago
NOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Hellll that hurts my heart!
Unthankfull, Don´t throw these poor piano´s away, I bet there´s someone who wants them and who can restore them of something like that, or just give it to the poor children so they can play a little music.
willemvdr12 1 year ago
These aren't "poor pianos". They don't have emotions, what they ARE is worn out junk that is not economically feasible to repair or rebuild. They range in age from 50-80+ years old and are completely worn out. Anybody who took one would quickly realize they voluntarily brought home a paper weight and spent money out of pocket to have a piano tech come to their house and tell them forget it. Then they have to figure out how to get rid of it again. Pianos don't last forever.
just2amuse 1 year ago
smash an Allen organ!
CantorNikolaos 1 year ago
1:50 WH"Y!!!
TheVolpefox 1 year ago
@TheVolpefox Junk.
just2amuse 1 year ago
2.36!! now THAT'S what I call MUSIC!!
pianist7137 1 year ago
hilarious at 2.02
afertyus1000 1 year ago
the piano at 1:46 looked like one of those god awful 1940-50s redesigns called a mirror piano, bottom of the barrel crap wise, trust me, it deserved to die lol
TonyL1000 1 year ago
@TonyL1000 That is EXACTLY what it was. It should have been dumped long ago. "Oh, but know, pianos are sacred... blah, blah, blah, blah..."
just2amuse 1 year ago
@TonyL1000 lol hilarious,i play piano and there are millions on ebay not worth wasting a match on,they advertise them for £50 etc and poor parents buy them for thir kids hoping they'll be prodigies, kids should have a good piano even beginners
afertyus1000 1 year ago
@afertyus1000 Well I bought a piano for $500 and when i got it appraised it was worth 50000 dollars restored, Some people cant afford a "nice piano" and if you think that go out and buy me a new steinway id prefer at least a semi concert model A 6' 2" (188cm) Thanks......thats what i thought!!!!!!!!!! that is a waist of a piano good or bad
pmj007 1 year ago
@pmj007 i too bought a pano for £100 and sold it for £2000, but you have to know what you are looking at someone tried to sell me a victorian peeling laquerwork and sticky keys for £50 i told him i'd charge £100 to take it away to the dump!
afertyus1000 1 year ago
@afertyus1000 well Im glad to see you have common sense
pmj007 1 year ago
No, they were ALL junk. Junk, junk, junk, junk, junk. Including "1:46". We filled 5 roll off dumpsters with junk pianos that I wouldn't give an enemy. Those that were sellable or could be repaired were taken elsewhere.
just2amuse 1 year ago
where did u get all those pianos from that come outa that hall??
fruhotchiliman 1 year ago
They were junk pianos that had been stored for years in a warehouse. They should never had been stored in the first place, few of them were worth anything. That was compounded by the leaky roof. They would have cost 3 times what they would have been worth to fix.
just2amuse 1 year ago
junk !
cloudvaan09 1 year ago
If you can't flip it for a quick buck, tear it down.
Forget the fact that there will never ever be another one from the old time manufacturers.
Guys like you went around and tore out all the player mechanisms for a quick buck, not because they couldn't be fixed, but because you couldn't turn a fast dollar doing it. Now they are gone forever.
I think I'd rather see one of the pianos fall and break YOU. Now that would be worth watching. Like an episode of "Jackasses." LMAO!
bodybager 1 year ago
Mr. Potato Head,
Manufacturers have built cheap expendable pianos since day one, just like the cheap Chinese pianos made today. Not every piano is worth rebuilding; in fact most are not. Would you consider rebuilding 1975 Ford Pinto?
Every piano in this warehouse was gone through. Those that were worth saving were saved. As far as player actions go, I belong to three mechanical music preservation societies, (AMICA, MBSI, COAA). I do not advocate removing player actions.
just2amuse 1 year ago
@just2amuse i would so rebuild a pinto, so i can have people not tail me in it!!!! hahaha, i wanna stomp on piano's key's and make some music hahha.
matteoiseuro 1 year ago
next one you guys should push them over and jump on them and crush them that way. see how long it takes to stomp them flat.
matteoiseuro 2 years ago 6
80 percent of them can be restored and sold for at least 300 dollars
xiaonoobiexd 2 years ago
I work on pianos for a career NO, they can't be fixed for $300.
just2amuse 2 years ago
@just2amuse Why not? Those are grands and upright grands, ain`t they still playable?
xiaonoobiexd 2 years ago
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I want Death of a Piano Part III, IV, V...... and so on.
happyfa 2 years ago
I want Death of a Piano Part III, IV, V...... and so on.
happyfa 2 years ago 3
I do understand that these pianos are junk and usually not sellable. but I guess heck why not try and sell them. Post them all up on craigslist for a couple of weeks for free or like $30 a piece or so. Then see which ones go,
I am sure someone will be very happy to get an at least playing piano, or something they can use parts from.
I am glad to also see someone who is very professional doing this, not some dumb teenagers.
Brandotuomikoski 2 years ago
Junk is junk. If you try to sell them all you do is "burn" somebody who thought they were getting a treasure, and after they moved it or worse yet paid someone for moving. There are plenty of people out there who will rip off unsuspecting buyers for a few dollars. I've been in this business for 15 years and I've seen plenty of suckers who felt stupid after hauling off someone else's problem and paid them for the privilege.
just2amuse 2 years ago
this shit is so much fun!!!
eltonjohnfan100 2 years ago 9
NOOOOOOOO PIANICIDE, I can't take this, it's just too horible! lol
mmeronek 2 years ago
That's amazing. I've never seen so many pianos destroyed at one time. I wish I'd been there.
morepianosmashing 2 years ago
it is stupid anyway, many people and kids are dreaming about pianos and could not have it, but you just destroying them....
alexxxxxx23 2 years ago
The person playing "Elite Syncopations" has good taste in music :)
Question, do you guys ever try to salvage parts? Like the ebony sharps, and ivory keytops? Is it possible to remove and reuse veneer? I've heard it's harder to get top quality veneer these days as was used in the past.
The cycle of nature continues. Cut the trees, built the instrument, destroy it, it degrades, new tree :)
AAErikCO 2 years ago
Where did you got these pianos from?
happyfa 2 years ago
They were all junk from a music retailer storage area. I removed the repairable and/or sellable pianos. The rest you see had a variety of problems ranging from bad pin blocks and bridge problems to completely worn out actions. Most of the issues ranged from very bad to catostrophic. A number of them had water damage. You wouldn't want to give them away to an enemy or he'd come back and beat the crap out of you.
just2amuse 2 years ago
why dont use a trash compactor or garbage truck to deal with these pianos?
It is fun to see pianos crushed by garbage trucks?
happyfa 2 years ago
We ended up completely filling 5 roll-off dumpsters with junk pianos. They needed to be broken down to make them all fit, it's expensive to fill any more then neccessary. Besides, it's more fun to smash them up manually. I spend the rest of my time working on good pianos.
just2amuse 2 years ago
It's nice to see a knowledgable person was responsible behind the demolition of these. I know the type of work that goes into restoring a piano; why create a headache working 100's of hours on a 'basket case'? Those that say, "your destroying treasure" don't understand how to evaluate and assess a piano or the time it can take to restore even the good ones. There are PLENTY of worthwhile instruments out there to restore. What gets me is when some idiot destroys a good one.
AAErikCO 2 years ago
how do you deal with those good pianos?
happyfa 2 years ago
They go to the workshop for cleaning and servicing and then either the sales floor or stored until a clearance sale event. If someone is looking for a cheep servicable used piano at a specific price they can potentially be sold directly out of the warehouse.
just2amuse 2 years ago
Those pianos are NOT junks.
They are treasure!!!
Just simnply idots likr you don't know how to play it and through they were junks.
happyfa 2 years ago
0:48 , the right one, looks great! But I understand that you can't keep all of those trashy pianos just because they look good.
Zeobit 2 years ago
since they look good, there are NOT trashy! They are treasure!!!
happyfa 2 years ago
Yes that one looks ok. Doesnt look good, but I am sure it would be nice restored. Looks to be a mid 1880s piano. Perhaps a Steinway judging by the style.
Brandotuomikoski 2 years ago
Kinda sad. Reminds me of those old black and white WWII concentration camp films. Only these aren't people thank goodness!
tun875 2 years ago