It’s rumoured that the discord is being conducted by a 1978 Boosey & Hawkes alto saxophone in hiding under concert stage somewhere in eastern Europe.
The uprising has been a long time in the making. Abuse and neglect of Instruments has been rife for centuries especially since music-making has become a middle class aspiration and the number of third rate music teachers had risen exponentially. And then, abuse as entertainment – think Hendrix, think Townsend.
The trouble is that with any protest movement, there will always be a faction that gets out of control. This time it’s the pianos.
patrickprinsloo 
you had a blast writing this and it shows 🙂 well done. i enjoyed it.
Hi. Thanks for visiting and pleased you enjoyed it. It was fun writing it.
Brilliant – perfect set up for the last line. One of my favourites this week.
Thanks for reading and I’m delighted you enjoyed it.
I wonder if there is more harping among the instrument… that would be a hard blow…
You didn’t quite hit the right note with that. More practice needed.
Dear Patrick,
Bad enough what Hendrix did to guitars. I shudder to think what an insane musician might do to the noble piano. Good one.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Thanks, Roch.
Hendricks and Townsend were pretty rough on their guitars.
They sure were.
I wondered if somebody would take this turn.
Well done.
And I did. Thanks for visiting.
An Animal Farm for musical instruments. Well done in 100 crochets. I might have liked it even more had it been written to a distinct rhythm. I am thinking about marching music, but the tune that begins to play in my head turns out to be the Arabian Dance from Nutcracker. Here’s a link for your entertainment! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nukNxlMpPmw. You wrote words, I got music! Thank you! Ann
Thanks for that. And I watched the Youtube video. Great music.
And there was dancing too! Ann
There’s always someone out of tune! As for your double bar, can we belly up to it? That was fun, Patrick.
janet
Brilliant, darling! Viva la revolucion!
Cheers. Thank you.
Isn’t there always someone who will spoil it for everyone else? Love the ideas in this, although ‘…abuse as entertainment…’ – I suppose that’s the freedom-fighter/ terrorist argument all over again.
There are always a bunch of idiots. Thanks for visiting.
Who will win? How can we possibly fight back? Our Hendrixs and Townsends are few!
We fight on! Up to the double bar!
Viva La Plinky! Plinky the piano that is!
Viva! Thanks for reading.
Very funny and original. I enjoyed it.
Thanks for visiting. A great prompt, wasn’t it?
Great voice in this. Well done.
Thanks. I enjoyed writing this.
A SPECTRE is haunting Europe – the SPecial Executive for Colossale, Tutti, Risoluto et Eroico. Let the middle classes and third rate music teachers tremble! Pianofortes have nothing to lose but their tuners. WORKING PIANOS OF ALL COUNTRIES, UNITE!
From the Manifesto of the Special Executive Committee of the PRA (Pianoforte Revolutionary Alliance).
Clever one. But are the tuners complicit?