WiLL Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Just finished making 'Minnie the Magic Piano' for a production of 'Salad Days' the musical. The show features a 4 octave piano which can be wheeled around by the cast, appear to be played (the keys are mute but functional) with a functioning lid, top-lid, 2 secret cubby doors, a stool which rides on the handles when not in use, liberaci style reading lamps and a 'rear-lamp' for when it's being moved in traffic. Stole the keys from an old midi keyboard off ebay, as are the lamps, all the rest is built from scratch.http://i631.photobucket.com/albums/uu40/WiLLF77/Props%20what%20I%20have%20made/Minnie_zpscd6c5e7d.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seano Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Beautiful. :)The rear lamp takes me back, I can almost smell the paraffin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alistermorton Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkPAman Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 That's brilliant, well done. Are you building a flying saucer too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiLL Posted March 19, 2014 Author Share Posted March 19, 2014 That's brilliant, well done. Are you building a flying saucer too?It's a tiny venue so the saucer is going to be a circular floor cloth painted with a royal doultonesque blue and white china pattern, then I'll 'do' the rest with lighting :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave m Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Funnily enough, I was talking about "the piano, the piano, oh the one that make's you gay"this morning as we shifted an upright. I did Salad Days as one of my first pro shows in around 79/80 and used to be able to recite the entire script. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indyld Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Nice build. As an Old Vic'er (of the Bristol kind), I flew a production when I was in my first year. Not sure if it keeps coming around like a comet but I'm sure at one point it seemed as if you had to have done the show before they let you graduate. :) Totally bizarre musical. But yes, anyone that knows about a piano that makes you gay is certain to bring it up during anything piano related, myself included. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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