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question from Donavan Hirst

I am trying to offload two antique pianos at the moment, neither of which have have any remaining keys or piano casing of any sort and they are both missing their internal components. my question is this, do you know anywhere I could buy two antique pianos? (I would prefer them to not actually BE there, but I’ll take whatever I can get)
also, I saw a wolf laying an egg. Im just saying.

If Schrodinger had used pianos instead of kittens in his barbaric radioactive box demonstrations, the world would be full of musical instruments you can’t play and not kittens you can’t stroke. Petting a small feline is just as difficult as playing Moonlight Sonata when each is in a state of quantum flux.

The best method of acquiring such a piano is to visit the more disreputable physics laboratories in your local town or village and rummage through their skips and bins. You’ll often find so-called Schrodinger’s Detritus in red carrier bags tied up with unwanted scarves.

This question was asked on 26 October 2005 and answered 5 months and 2 days later on 28 March 2006.