LOL... yes! I wanted to see the look on his piano tech's face. But in fairness, they are a LOT more robust than people give them credit for, and Jamie has been, let's be kind and just say 'muscular' with his pianos for a LONG time. Any rental company will have a damage rider, and only themselves to blame if they do not know what kind of act he does!

But standing on the piano, slamming the lid, messing around inside the frame, strumming the strings, damping by hand... these techniques go back a LONG way before Jamie (Jerry Lee, anyone?). Some of the 'prepared piano' techniques even give ME the willies!

Perhaps it is time that we stopped treating pianos with some kind of religious reverence, and started treating them like other musical instruments... no worse, but no better. Many a kid has been intimidated OFF of playing piano by the scare some adults put into them about treating it nice...! They ARE percussion instruments, after all

Try telling a guitarist not to knock the body, or a bass player not to slap it around! And don't get me started about drummers!

Next time you see a beat up piano, give it a kick...! See who gets hurt first