OK so who did it?

Dave Fawthrop said:

"We assume it would be a student stunt or charity run but we certainly have
no record of it," he added.

I'm sure I've heard of some joker playing a piano on the top of the
Ben. I may even have seen a photo of it.

Dave Fawthrop said:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1776987,00.html

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Piano found on Britain's highest mountain

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A musical mystery today surrounded Britain's highest mountain after a piano
was discovered near its summit.

Not me guv. I haven't been up there yet!

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they believed the piano was taken to the top of Ben Nevis for a wacky
stunt.

"We assume it would be a student stunt or charity run but we certainly have
no record of it," he added.

"We would be very keen to hear from anyone with information about the
piano."

Well it's on their website
http://www.jmt.org/cons/nevis/nevis_ref_races.html

In 1911an adventurous Edinburgh motorist, Mr Henry Alexander Jr, drove
his family's 20-horsepower Ford Model T up the track....

Since then other cars have made the trip, as have motorbikes,
bedsteads, a piano, and a wheelbarrow.

With a little help from Google I have also found this site
http://www.mountainwalk.co.uk/bennevisfacts.html which claims:

In September 1980 the kilted Kenneth Campbell of Ardgay, Ross-shire
carried a barrel to beer to the top to raise funds for cancer
research. The barrel had legs down either side so it could be put
down on the ground whenever he needed a breather.

The same Kenny also carried a piano to the summit and back.

The date of the biscuit wrapper seems to tie in with this stunt, so it
seems possible that he didn't carry it back down again.
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

See

Cairn kicking can have consequences!

Richard Webb

How come it has taken 20 years to find it??

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Piano found on Britain's highest mountain

Scottish Press Association
Wednesday May 17, 2006

Paul Nelson and Andrew Hunter with the piano they found on top Ben Nevis.
Photograph: John Muir Trust/PA

A musical mystery today surrounded Britain's highest mountain after a
piano
was discovered near its summit.
Volunteers clearing stones from the 4,418ft peak were astonished when they
discovered the musical instrument on Ben Nevis. An appeal has now been
launched to find out how and why the piano came to be within 200 metres of
the top of the mountain.

The piano was recovered at the weekend by 15 volunteers from the John Muir
Trust, the conservation charity which owns part of Ben Nevis.

The squad was removing litter and stones called cairns from the summit
plateau when they spotted the top of the piano.
"Our guys couldn't believe their eyes," said trust director Nigel Hawkins.

"At first they thought it was just the wooden casing but then they saw the
whole cast iron frame complete with strings.

"The only thing that that was missing was the keyboard - and that's
another
mystery.

"Maybe it's hidden somewhere else on the mountain."

He added that a biscuit wrapper with a best before date of December 1986
was found under the piano, giving a clue as to when it was taken there,
but
not why.

Volunteer group organiser Sandy Maxwell, of Glasgow, said this was the
largest, heaviest and most unusual object they had found on the mountain.

"We have a constant battle against litter being left on Britain's highest
mountain - but this elevates being a litter lout sky high into a
completely
different category. We are now trying to track down who took it there.

"We may even give them an outstanding invoice for 20 years storage of a
piano under a cairn on Ben Nevis."

After finding the piano, the volunteers broke it up and asked around 30
members of the public to help carry bits off the mountain. Mr Maxwell said
they believed the piano was taken to the top of Ben Nevis for a wacky
stunt.

"We assume it would be a student stunt or charity run but we certainly
have
no record of it," he added.

"We would be very keen to hear from anyone with information about the
piano."
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It was in a cairn!!

druidh

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Makes a change from the usual hidden broken bottle or gas cylinder.
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How come it has taken 20 years to find it??

There are just not enough members of the Gadarene Club.
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Ultralighter?

Andrew

What I want to know is how come it took them so long to find it. If its
been there since 1986, I've been up there twice in that time and I saw no
piano. Of the countless thousands who are up there each month, you would
have thought someone might have noticed something as big as that.

Rob

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Piano found on Britain's highest mountain

Scottish Press Association
Wednesday May 17, 2006

Paul Nelson and Andrew Hunter with the piano they found on top Ben Nevis.
Photograph: John Muir Trust/PA

A musical mystery today surrounded Britain's highest mountain after a

piano

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was discovered near its summit.
Volunteers clearing stones from the 4,418ft peak were astonished when they
discovered the musical instrument on Ben Nevis. An appeal has now been
launched to find out how and why the piano came to be within 200 metres of
the top of the mountain.

The piano was recovered at the weekend by 15 volunteers from the John Muir
Trust, the conservation charity which owns part of Ben Nevis.

The squad was removing litter and stones called cairns from the summit
plateau when they spotted the top of the piano.
"Our guys couldn't believe their eyes," said trust director Nigel Hawkins.

"At first they thought it was just the wooden casing but then they saw the
whole cast iron frame complete with strings.

"The only thing that that was missing was the keyboard - and that's

another

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mystery.

"Maybe it's hidden somewhere else on the mountain."

He added that a biscuit wrapper with a best before date of December 1986
was found under the piano, giving a clue as to when it was taken there,

but

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not why.

Volunteer group organiser Sandy Maxwell, of Glasgow, said this was the
largest, heaviest and most unusual object they had found on the mountain.

"We have a constant battle against litter being left on Britain's highest
mountain - but this elevates being a litter lout sky high into a

completely

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different category. We are now trying to track down who took it there.

"We may even give them an outstanding invoice for 20 years storage of a
piano under a cairn on Ben Nevis."

After finding the piano, the volunteers broke it up and asked around 30
members of the public to help carry bits off the mountain. Mr Maxwell said
they believed the piano was taken to the top of Ben Nevis for a wacky
stunt.

"We assume it would be a student stunt or charity run but we certainly

have

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no record of it," he added.

"We would be very keen to hear from anyone with information about the
piano."
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Piano found on Britain's highest mountain

Definitely not me:
1. Never been on top of Ben Nevis
2. I only can play tin whistle

But interesting find. Next time I'm on the Nine Standards I will have a
closer look at the cairns...

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Piano found on Britain's highest mountain

Definitely not me:
1. Never been on top of Ben Nevis

I have but is wasn't me either.

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2. I only can play tin whistle

me too :-)
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Rob Devereux said:

What I want to know is how come it took them so long to find it. If its
been there since 1986, I've been up there twice in that time and I saw no
piano. Of the countless thousands who are up there each month, you would
have thought someone might have noticed something as big as that.

It was hidden in a cairn. A case of you can't see the wood for the
stones. :-)
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

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Rob Devereux said:

What I want to know is how come it took them so long to find it. If its
been there since 1986, I've been up there twice in that time and I saw no
piano. Of the countless thousands who are up there each month, you would
have thought someone might have noticed something as big as that.

It was hidden in a cairn. A case of you can't see the wood for the
stones. :-)

Turns out it was an organ so you wouldn't see it if you were looking for
a piano :-)

And it's been there since 1971.

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Rob Devereux said:

What I want to know is how come it took them so long to find it. If its
been there since 1986, I've been up there twice in that time and I saw no
piano. Of the countless thousands who are up there each month, you would
have thought someone might have noticed something as big as that.

It was hidden in a cairn. A case of you can't see the wood for the
stones. :-)

Turns out it was an organ so you wouldn't see it if you were looking
for a piano :-)

And it's been there since 1971.

I think Campbell should still be prosecuted for dropping litter. There
is no excuse for his behaviour.

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520/1554 Marilyns - 67% to go 60/89 Donalds - 33% to go
61/211 Irish Hewitts - 71% to go 20/220 Corbetts - 91% to go

Chris Townsend said:

Turns out it was an organ so you wouldn't see it if you were looking for
a piano :-)

And it's been there since 1971.

I heard the Radio 4 interview where it was said to be an organ. But
the Guardian has a picture that shows the strings. What sort of an
organ has strings ?

-adrian

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Piano found on Britain's highest mountain

Definitely not me:
1. Never been on top of Ben Nevis
2. I only can play tin whistle

But interesting find. Next time I'm on the Nine Standards I will have a
closer look at the cairns...

Maybe The Three Men of Gragareth are more than just stones.

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Rob Devereux said:

What I want to know is how come it took them so long to find it. If its
been there since 1986, I've been up there twice in that time and I saw

no

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piano. Of the countless thousands who are up there each month, you

would

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have thought someone might have noticed something as big as that.

It was hidden in a cairn. A case of you can't see the wood for the
stones. :-)

Turns out it was an organ so you wouldn't see it if you were looking for
a piano :-)

I know people do mad things but why would you want to take an organ up to
the top of Ben Nevis(unless it was one of the ones necessary to keep
breathing, pumping blood etc)?

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Piano found on Britain's highest mountain

It looks like the mystery was solved:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/05/18/upiano.xml

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