Grand Pianodrome
Kickstarted with a crowdfunder and in partnership with Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh and Creative Scotland the first fully functional and publically accessible hundred-seater Pianodrome amphitheatre made entirely from up-cycled pianos (down to the flathead screws holding it together) was made manifest during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2018.
With five sections of seating each with a playable piano and its own bespoke floor, netling under a geodesic dome cover the Grand Pianodrome is magic and can be installed almost anywhere.
The Grand Pianodrome is currently installed in our warehouse workshop in Granton, Edinburgh.
Grand Pianodrome info
Vital Stats
Capacity: Seated 100 | Standing 50 | Total 150
Diameter: Structure 12.5m | Overall footprint 15m
Height: Structure 2.75m | Headroom req. 3.3m | Canopy 8m
Pianos: Playable 5 | Total 40
Weight: Structure 6 tonnes | At full capacity 17 tonnes
Year completed: 2018
Team
Concept/Design/Build: Tim Vincent-Smith
Producer/Build: Matt Wright
Doula: Robyn Thoebald
Consulting Engineer: Entuitive
Documentary Film: Melt the Fly
Build Team: Emily Martinelli, Matt Webb, Nikki Hill, Ali Anderson, Mathieu Girault, Daisy Martinez, Roland Playle, Alice Knight, Gavin Kennerley, Adam Fisher, Mohamad Merdash, Sarah Marshall, Steve Anderson, Kane Coy, Johnny Rock, Dave Tunstall, David Ginn, Ashley Dudley-Smith
Pianodrome documentary (2018)
Watch this award-winning documentary, created by Melt the Fly, to see the highs and lows of the construction of the first Pianodrome in the summer of 2018.
