#3100: The Road to Ruin

For this program, instead of the high road, New Sounds takes the road to ruin. We'll hear music by Ross Bolleter for ruined piano, which the World Association for Ruined Piano Studies (WARPS) defines as "A piano [which] has been abandoned to all weathers, say on a sheep station or tennis court, with the result that few or none of its notes sound like that of an even-tempered uptight piano."

To that end, Bolleter made a recording of the 40-year old bar piano left to the elements on the Nallan Sheep Station in the Australian Outback. There’s also music for conventional piano, namely, WNYC's Steinway – only slightly and temporarily ruined- by Bob Samarotto. Then on to more music by Bolleter, as played by Margaret Leng Tan from her new record of works for toy piano. Plus, Ed Gerhard treats cheap pawnshop style guitars for strange vibrations on his record, “House of Guitars.” And more.

PROGRAM #        3100, On the Road to Ruin - Music for Ruined Instruments (First aired on 7/27/2010)