For More Pianos, Last Note Is Thud in the Dump

Re:For More Pianos, Last Note Is Thud in the Dump by tgrass on Tuesday July 31, 2012 @12:20PM (#4318026)

I know nothing about pianos so I just want to clarify the metaphor of the car without an oil change.

I just rebuilt the engine in my truck. A neglected engine does not spell the end for a vehicle - but it seems to be that that is in fact the case for a neglected piano. Is that true?

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Re:For More Pianos, Last Note Is Thud in the Dump by cfinke on Tuesday July 31, 2012 @12:25PM (#4318058)

A neglected engine does not spell the end for a vehicle - but it seems to be that that is in fact the case for a neglected piano.

Well, you could always disassemble the piano, replace the strings, tuning pegs, and possibly the soundboard, and put it back together, but what you really have is a new piano in an old case, much like if you completely rebuilt the mechanical parts of a car but kept the original body.

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Re:For More Pianos, Last Note Is Thud in the Dump by tgrass on Tuesday July 31, 2012 @12:29PM (#4318079)

The audacity! How dare you suggest my truck is just a shell of its former self! Next you'll probably claim it doesn't have feelings too.

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Re:For More Pianos, Last Note Is Thud in the Dump by mikeash on Tuesday July 31, 2012 @01:08PM (#4318373)

Please don't anthropomorphize your vehicles. They hate it when you do that.

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