Talk:Piano burning

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Grand pianos

There seems to be many incidents of artistic expression involving the burning of a grand piano. Wouldn't this also be a "piano burning"? Or is it solely uprights? -- 70.51.44.60 (talk) 06:33, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. As the intro to the article says, they are most commonly uprights. This is particularly true of those which are "ceremonially" burnt in the air forces and the burning pianos played by musicians. However, Douglas Gordon burned a grand piano for his art installation. See Piano burning#Piano burning as visual art. It's unclear which type of piano Chiharu Shiota uses in her installations. There may be others who have burnt grand pianos for art installations, but I haven't researched that far yet. Voceditenore (talk) 09:12, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The cover of Porcupine Tree's Stars Die compilation features a burning grand piano falling from the sky https://www.discogs.com/master/144995-Porcupine-Tree-Stars-Die-The-Delerium-Years-1991-1997 Avalon Hamakei (talk) 23:30, 17 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Piano burning in the air forces

Both the legends concerning the origins of its practice in the US and UK air forces are clearly designated as "legendary". The article states that there no evidence to suggest that descriptions of its origin have any historical authenticity four times, including in the lead. A complete account of the subject also requires an account of the legends surrounding the practice. This is standard practice in Wikipedia articles on everything from haunted castles to witchcraft to ancient Greek figures. Yet two IPs (50.192.73.146 and 216.3.207.34) both tracing to Houston, Texas and undoubtedly the same person, have been repeatedly removing the accounts of the legends with no discussion or explanation whatsoever. In the process, they have stranded references, added inappropriate editorialising commentary, added statements before references which do not support the statements, and damaged the coherence and punctuation of the text. If you have an issue with the article or suggestions for improvement, please take them here to the talk page and discuss them. Voceditenore (talk) 07:18, 9 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]