“My piano can’t be tuned anymore. What do I do with it now?”

The Piano: Hook, Line and Tinker is a creative research project in-the-making, which began as a public ‘undoing’ of a piano, where the components of a retired acoustic upright were turned inside-out, and dissected for perusal.

During the initial creative development of this project, the audience were invited to walk through and examine the many thousands of parts that make up a piano, from the inside action mechanism – the levers, pins and hammers, to the keys, trapwork, and cabinetry.

The Piano: Hook, Line and Tinker is a unique insight into a piano’s modus operandi, its complex mechanical beauty, and an impression of its 100-year+ history, including the many possible stories from its lifetime. Let’s not see these beauties end up in landfill!

The initial creative development of this project was supported by Punctum Inc, in partnership with Creative Ballarat.

Please stay tuned for the next stage of the installation, coming very soon!

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