{"id":39513,"date":"2024-02-27T16:29:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T15:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/26b5a784-a255-4450-9169-b5a6ab66d918"},"modified":"2024-02-27T16:52:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T15:52:00","slug":"terrible-treatments-of-the-piano","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/terrible-treatments-of-the-piano\/","title":{"rendered":"Terrible treatments of the piano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By BBC Music Magazine\n      <\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 27 February 2024 at 15:29 PM<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p><strong>Laurel, Hardy and an unforgiving staircase<\/strong> In 1931\u2019s <em>The Music Box<\/em>, Laurel and Hardy famously spend hours trying to get a piano up some very steep stairs, only to be met with a horribly ungrateful recipient:<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Music Box - 1932 with Laurel and Hardy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xIWcfBWrQlk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/div><\/figure><p><strong>Up, up and away<\/strong>The American desert. A large catapult. A piano on fire. And wheeeeeeee! What fun\u2026 for those who are easily pleased:<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Piano on Fire Trebuchet Toss at Burning Man 2015\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6Rn8jBzsg9U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/div><\/figure><p><strong>Lunch time<\/strong>Frightening footage from Japan, in the form of the 1977 horror film <em>Hausu<\/em>. One to bear in mind next time you sit down to have a little go at a Mozart sonata\u2026<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"HOUSE (1977) Trailer - The Criterion Collection\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WQ_Yo06kIIA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/div><\/figure><p><strong>Science explained<\/strong>Some of the world\u2019s greatest scientific brains attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Here they prove that force = mass x acceleration with the aid of a baby grand and a tall building:<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MIT students destroy piano as part of tradition dating back to 1972\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4urnwg_PhMs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/div><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-group highlight-box is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\"><ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/who-invented-the-piano\/\">When was the piano invented and by whom?<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/who-invented-the-piano-recital\/\">Who invented the piano recital?<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/who-invented-the-steinway-piano\/\">Who invented the Steinway piano?<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/whats-the-difference-between-a-harpsichord-and-a-piano\/\">What\u2019s the difference between a harpsichord and a piano?<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/greatest-piano-concertos-all-time\/\">The greatest piano concertos of all time<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/greatest-ever-jazz-pianists\/\">28 best ever jazz pianists<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/artists\/20-greatest-pianists-all-time\/\">The 20 Greatest Pianists of all time<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BBC Music Magazine Published: Tuesday, 27 February 2024 at 15:29 PM Laurel, Hardy and an unforgiving staircase In 1931\u2019s The Music Box, Laurel and Hardy famously spend hours trying to get a piano up some very steep stairs, only to be met with a horribly ungrateful recipient: Up, up and awayThe American desert. 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