Jazz pianist Yosuke Yamashita, 66, plays a burning piano on the beach in Shiga, Ishikawa Prefecture. He was showing his appreciation for his old piano that he no longer uses. -- Japan Today
Jazz pianist Yosuke Yamashita, 66, plays a burning piano on the beach in Shiga, Ishikawa Prefecture. He was showing his appreciation for his old piano that he no longer uses. -- Japan Today
That said, this seems like a big waste. Even if the piano is a bit worn, couldn't it be donated to a music school somewhere? I'm a libertarian and it IS his property, but as a tightwad engineer I don't like wasting anything with remaining utility. His call, though...
Bean, Cremation is pretty much the standard in Japan. As long as the family member is certifiably dead.
Yes, but that piano was not 'dead'. The human equivalent would be setting fire to his ex-wife and having sex with the corpse.
I wonder if the instruments of dead Indian musicians are tossed on the funerl pyres with them, akin to widowburning...
what a waste.....
(And I cringe when I watch Hendrix burn his guitar, too.)
--TwoDragons
It makes an unusual picture at first, but is completely pointless when you consider it's nothing more than a staged, controlled trick.