Fazioli piano shocker...

[Stanfordian]

I don't know the specific details of the case that you had in mind but there have been several instances of airlines damaging instruments, especially stringed ones.

I notice when Mischa Maisky was sat in front of me on a plane his cello was on a seat next to him. Paying for a seat is the custom now as I cant imagine any top cellist wanting to place a Stradivarius or Goffriller in the hold.

[ahinton]

I notice when Mischa Maisky was sat in front of me on a plane his cello was on a seat next to him. Paying for a seat is the custom now as I cant imagine any top cellist wanting to place a Stradivarius or Goffriller in the hold.

True, but airlines have still managed to damage violins, violas, cellos and double basses in transit and there have been quite widespread reports of this kind of thing.

[pastoralguy]

True, but airlines have still managed to damage violins, violas, cellos and double basses in transit and there have been quite widespread reports of this kind of thing.

Slipped Disc is the place to find heartbreaking reports of these 'incidents'!

[Bryn]

This quote is relevant

- yes, indeed. A good article about changes in society and treatment of animals.

Truly shocked to read of this: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/wpy/gall...the-fight.html .How on Earth can such a photograph get into, let alone win, a wildlife photography competition.

[oddoneout]

Truly shocked to read of this: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/wpy/gall...the-fight.html .How on Earth can such a photograph get into, let alone win, a wildlife photography competition.

The category being 'People's Choice' might have some bearing?

[ahinton]

Here's one from a source other than Slipped Disc:

https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/instruments/double-bass/smashed-turkish-airlines-flight/?fbclid=IwAR26ni3FFnqPWnHrhwelWCjMgv5uiWVdrWBc16gsc-E9F7FCsVuW_7fXLWo

[MrGongGong]

True, but airlines have still managed to damage violins, violas, cellos and double basses in transit and there have been quite widespread reports of this kind of thing.

My FB is full of tales of woe from musicians who have had their instruments trashed at airports
and there is this

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/06/malian-musician-kora-ballake-sissoko-dismantled-tsa-us-customs

[Stunsworth]

Truly shocked to read of this: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/wpy/gall...the-fight.html .How on Earth can such a photograph get into, let alone win, a wildlife photography competition.

I see it as being critical of the practice, hence its inclusion. London zoo was still holding chimps' tea parties in the 70s.

[Stanfordian]

Truly shocked to read of this: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/wpy/gall...the-fight.html .How on Earth can such a photograph get into, let alone win, a wildlife photography competition.

I'm not keen on anyone dressing up animals even if it's to promote an animal welfare cause.

[Bryn]

I'm not keen on anyone dressing up animals even if it's to promote an animal welfare cause.

I feel much the same way about dogs and horses with 'raincoats'. What particularly struck me re the photograph in question was that it could be considered to fall into a "wildlife" category. It was clearly of a domesticated/captive orangutan. How much more aposite[sic] would have been an image such as that captured here.

[Oakapple]

George Orwell was ahead of his time. As Snowball says in Animal Farm: "Ribbons should be considered as clothes, which are the mark of a human being. All animals should go naked."

[LHC]

I'm not keen on anyone dressing up animals even if it's to promote an animal welfare cause.

I think there may be some misunderstanding here. I don't think the orangutan was dressed up for the purposes of the photo or to promote animal welfare; the photo is documenting the degrading practices at Safari World in Bangkok, and the orangutan would have been dressed like that whether or not the photographer was there. It is a piece of photojournalism, and not a staged photo.

According to his website, the photographer "is an award-winning environmental photojournalist, film-maker and TV presenter, specialising in human-animal conflict …. [he] has spent years documenting animals in captivity and is founder and lead investigator at Raise the Red Flag, a global campaign to end cruelty in the Wildlife Tourism industry".

You could argue that the Wildlife photographer of Year should only feature positive images of animals in the wild, but it seems to me to be Ok to include photojournalism in the types of photos to be considered for this award.

[Ein Heldenleben]

I think there may be some misunderstanding here. I don't think the orangutan was dressed up for the purposes of the photo or to promote animal welfare; the photo is documenting the degrading practices at Safari World in Bangkok, and the orangutan would have been dressed like that whether or not the photographer was there. It is a piece of photojournalism, and not a staged photo.

According to his website, the photographer "is an award-winning environmental photojournalist, film-maker and TV presenter, specialising in human-animal conflict …. [he] has spent years documenting animals in captivity and is founder and lead investigator at Raise the Red Flag, a global campaign to end cruelty in the Wildlife Tourism industry".

You could argue that the Wildlife photographer of Year should only feature positive images of animals in the wild, but it seems to me to be Ok to include photojournalism in the types of photos to be considered for this award.

Yes it’s clear it’s a documentary capture of a real event rather than staged. It’s hardly going to win a wildlife award if it’s the latter. I think it’s an excellent insight into the lives of these benighted creatures that Homo Sapiens is doing his best to destroy ..

[ahinton]

This seems now to have travelled quite a distance from Canadian pianists and devastated Italian pianos! Just sayin'...

[BBMmk2]

What a disaster!