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These pianos once made music. Now they're abandoned, broken and incapable of producing a tune. But as these stunning pictures show, they are still completely beautiful instruments.
A broken piano in an abandoned community living facility.
Well, you wouldn't want it to escape.
This dusty little number was found in a barn on some farm land.
This piano looks like it could've been on the Titanic.
A broken piano lies amongst the rubble in Japan, after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster. Photo: Getty
Mickleburgh piano manufacturers give away unused pianos to local families who need the wood for fuel, Bristol, 1947. Photo: Getty
This piano turned up out of nowhere underneath the Brooklyn Bridge in New York. Photo: Getty
This piano currently resides in Laws Railroad Museum, Sierra Nevada.
Lying among the sage brush in Wyoming.
Found in the basement of City Methodist Church in Gary, Indiana.