End of the road for the bicycle piano

End of the road for the bicycle piano

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norman lebrecht

March 07, 2019

Davide Martello has cycled his piano through disaster zones, but his brakes gave out this week on a steep San Francisco street.

The piano’s a write-off.

Comments

  • Petros Linardos says:
    March 7, 2019 at 2:42 pm

    That’s sad. Maybe he could take an idea from François-René Duchable:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMz8tx7LcF8

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  • Bruce says:
    March 7, 2019 at 3:10 pm

    I never heard of this before. That’s very sad.

    Had a thought looking at the picture. Looks like about a 6-footer. Our 5’10” (1.78m) Kawai weighs 660 pounds (300kg). Think about dragging that kind of weight around San Francisco on a bicycle. No wonder his brakes gave out.

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  • Spenser says:
    March 7, 2019 at 5:57 pm

    Don’t give up, Davide!
    Perhaps a slightly smaller piano?

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  • David says:
    March 7, 2019 at 7:52 pm

    I’m impressed by what he does, but trying to take a 660lb piano up what looks like a 10 percent gradient on a bike is borderline insane. He’s very lucky he didn’t kill somebody.

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