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Darwin’s pre-WWII pianos play their own swan song as they become rare – ABC News

Old upright pianos in Australia are facing a tipping point as many have reached the end of their life. But quality never goes out of tune.

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Old upright pianos in Australia are facing a tipping point.
Key points:

  • The tuning life is running out for some pianos at the 100-year mark
  • An estimated 10 pianos a week in each capital city are getting the chop
  • But the future of the piano is safe as technology improved over the century

It’s most likely that those built more than 100 years ago have reached their use-by date because of what some piano tuners see as a design-fault of the time.
So pre-1920s pia…

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