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Thread #127738   Message #2853127
Posted By: Emma B
01-Mar-10 - 11:38 AM
Thread Name: Instruments carried up a mountain?
Subject: RE: Instruments carried up a mountain?
Ben Nevis piano riddle solved

15 volunteers from the John Muir Trust, the conservation charity which owns part of Ben Nevis clearing stones from the 4,4118ft peak in 2006 were surprised to discover a musical instrument on Ben Nevis

Kenny Campbell, a woodcutter from Bonar Bridge in the Highlands, claimed the piano is actually an organ, which he carried up the mountain for a cancer charity in 1971.

Mr Campbell said: "It took me four days to get the organ to the top and when I did I played Scotland the Brave

"I am quite sure that what they found is the organ. It had no keys on it because I stripped them off and gave them to friends - I had quite a lot of fans in those days."

from a news report in 2006