Out of Tune

Out of Tune by Andy Heatwole

Out of Tune

I found this old piano in an abandoned church. It’s a haunting echo of music played, songs sung, and dances danced.

Out of Tune belongs to the following groups:

A Class of Its Own and Musical Art
  • joggi2002

    joggi2002, about 1 year ago

    Well, ... I think there is not much too repair ;-)

    Wonderful shot, . I like this one

  • Lachlan Kent

    Lachlan Kent, about 1 year ago

    LOL! The title sounds like the disclaimer often used when advertising pianos for sale in classifieds. Col image… sad loss.

  • midzing

    midzing, about 1 year ago

    great shot, well done

  • Andy Heatwole

    Andy Heatwole, about 1 year ago

    :-) This one would need one heck of a disclaimer. There were actually two in the church. I don’t know why someone didn’t remove them before they were destroyed by the elements.

  • Jing3011

    Jing3011, about 1 year ago

    I like this.

  • Lina

    Lina, about 1 year ago

    that is AWESOME!!!! I love this shot!!!!!!!!!!

  • joolz

    joolz, about 1 year ago

    Great shot. Love the tones. (Pardon the pun!)

  • Helen Bascom

    Helen Bascom, about 1 year ago

    It doesn’t get any cooler than this photo! Awesome!

  • Martin  Mullen

    Martin Mullen, about 1 year ago

    Says it all! – Great work

  • birdinsun

    birdinsun, about 1 year ago

    Great photo – it elicits emotion from piano-lovers like me. Love the muted colors.

  • lisaraejohnston

    lisaraejohnston, about 1 year ago

    Great shot. I love the way something so old and forgotten can be turned into a work or art.

  • Xavier Shay

    Xavier Shay works here, about 1 year ago

    Bought it on a card

  • Basia McAuley

    Basia McAuley, about 1 year ago

    This is brilliant but I find this image quite sad as I can’t believe how such a beautiful instrument can get so destroyed. Beautifully captured,

  • dnlewis

    dnlewis, about 1 year ago

    I love this photo.

  • sally williams

    sally williams, about 1 year ago

    Oh no! what happened? Great shot though

  • Cathie Tranent

    Cathie TranentAdelaide Meatspace Coordinator, about 1 year ago

    Poor baby.

  • GrymmSong

    GrymmSong, about 1 year ago

    O.O WOW!!!

  • enchantednightshade

    enchantednight..., about 1 year ago

    I cant stop looking at this it is so beautiful!!

  • Stephen Colquitt

    Stephen Colquitt, about 1 year ago

    Mmm Haunting. Great emotive image – sad to see something that took someone so long to create lie abandoned and unloved.

  • Alyson Pearson

    Alyson Pearson, 11 months ago

    wow, what a find.
    beautiful.

  • Kenneth Grzesik

    Kenneth Grzesik, 11 months ago

    Your work has real style, nice job

  • JanH

    JanH, 9 months ago

    Sacrilege! So well captured.

  • andreasphoto

    andreasphoto, 9 months ago

    great shot and coloring

  • dannielle

    dannielle, 9 months ago

    Awesom shot

  • Sandy Clifton

    Sandy Clifton, 9 months ago

    Great shot!

  • Carlos Teófilo

    Carlos Teófilo, 9 months ago

    Superb capture.

  • nick board

    nick board, 9 months ago

    Elegant decay, great job.

  • Carla Jandelle Petters

    Carla Jandelle..., 9 months ago

    when in college a piano store in a nearby town had burned down…this image reminds me of the sadness that was left over…......and even though sad? is still beautiful!

  • Joanne A. Bradley

    Joanne A. Bradley, 9 months ago

    Powerful image of an abandoned instrument! Sad but effective. Great capture!

  • rallenwalker

    rallenwalker, 9 months ago

    Outstanding shot! I love the depth and richness of this piece! Even though it presents an image of destruction, there is an elegance…

  • cutebaby

    cutebaby, 9 months ago

    truly magnificent…everything talking picturesquely….very very effective plus emotive

    there are a lot of themes within….

    drama….historical effects….happiness…sadness….abandonment…

    many inspiring materials

    absolutely food for thought!

    and for imagination!

    greeeeeaaaaattttt!!!

    xoxoxoxox!!!!

  • Matt Roberts

    Matt Roberts, 9 months ago

    Great image.

  • sra58

    sra58, 9 months ago

    great photo.
    sharon a.

  • Rosalie Dale IPA

    Rosalie Dale IPA, 9 months ago

    Congrats on being featured – straight into my favs – just so nostalgic and inspirational. Stunning

  • Sam Mortimer

    Sam Mortimer, 9 months ago

    Great photo, well done!

  • Stephen Marino

    Stephen Marino, 9 months ago

    Love this image. . . the tales.

  • artsthrufotos

    artsthrufotos, 9 months ago

    it’s a great potential that you saw in getting this to be a fantastic photo! great job.

  • Victoria Rusnac

    Victoria Rusnac, 9 months ago

    far out, it seems. nice description. Good photo.

  • Cindy Cooperider

    Cindy Cooperider, 9 months ago

    I love the complexity of this shot, how many things are going on within the frame that make you take pause. Nicely done!

  • Ria Rosa Quinto

    Ria Rosa Quinto, 9 months ago

    Aww wicked! I love how you slightly saturated this image to create a melancholy and haunting atmosphere.

  • Graham Lea

    Graham Lea, 9 months ago

    Fantastic shot. Beautiful light. Congrats on making the homepage!

  • Niiso

    Niiso, 9 months ago

    THATS ONE HELL OF A PIC GRATE !!!

  • lifeinlights

    lifeinlights, 9 months ago

    thats beautiful! great find.

  • Irish

    Irish, 9 months ago

    WOW Great shot n Story!

  • Kenny Gulley Jr.

    Kenny Gulley Jr., 9 months ago

    how awesome

  • Andy Heatwole

    Andy Heatwole, 9 months ago

    Thank you all for the wonderful comments and thanks to Redbubble for posting it on the homepage.

  • jlancer

    jlancer, 9 months ago

    great capture. the light feels just right as do the dull grungy colors!

  • paulywog1561

    paulywog1561, 9 months ago

    This is a great shot, I like the tones, and detail.
    However, I hate the fact that a piano just goes to waste like this!

  • Daniel Rayfield

    Daniel RayfieldCommunity Host, 9 months ago

    And yet a child could still make this ring out a fantastic tune!!!! Fantastic find and a great capture!!!

  • mealiex

    mealiex, 9 months ago

    wow, love it!

  • Jeff  Burns

    Jeff Burns, 9 months ago

    WOW THIS IS VERY COOL

  • MuscularTeeth

    MuscularTeethVoted Most Helpful Bubbler, 9 months ago

    wow, totally rad work.

  • Per Ove Sleen

    Per Ove Sleen, 9 months ago

    Old time rock’n roll….
    A wonderful picture…

    POS

  • andrew cowell

    andrew cowell, 9 months ago

    fabulous presentation!

  • Martie Venter

    Martie Venter, 9 months ago

    As my mom is in the piano restoring and tuning business, I have learnt a lot about pianos. They are beautiful and fascinating instruments. It’s amazing to think that an average piano action contains 7500 moving parts, and that the 230 strings exert a combined tension of approximately 18 tons!
    Your wonderful capture of this derelict piano conveys a lingering sense of melancholy, of the fragility, transcience and ephemeral beauty of life. Exquisite light and toning, an amazing image! (Wonder whether my mom and her partner would consider it restorable?)

  • Jodie Carruthers

    Jodie Carruthers, 9 months ago

    Beautiful.
    Oh, the stories….

  • Mugsy

    Mugsy, 9 months ago

    A truly exceptional find…...and capture!

  • Azzurra

    Azzurra, 9 months ago

    wow. speechless. so sad…

  • Splogy

    Splogy, 9 months ago

    What a beautiful old dear. Great find & capture. (p.s. congrats on home page!)

  • junjaree

    junjaree, 9 months ago

    beautiful….my piano is outside and the birds play the music on it….love it

  • Linda  Syms

    Linda Syms, 9 months ago

    What a great find love the treatment

  • Matt Bannister

    Matt Bannister, 9 months ago

    Great image, nice work on the feature. :)

  • shanghaiwu

    shanghaiwu, 9 months ago

    brilliant image/as love pianos and would love to know where you found this/guess I should read the comments

    fabulous to see this image on homepage

  • FireRabbit

    FireRabbit, 9 months ago

    gorgeous, gorgeous shot.

  • Kacholek

    Kacholek, 9 months ago

    great shot, amazing picture…well done!!!!

  • Arletta

    Arletta, 9 months ago

    Out of tune, out of time .. there’s a definite poem waiting to be written about this piece!

    It’s a very good photograph, with a potential for both great depression and wild inspiration.

  • vonne

    vonne, 9 months ago

    Love it! Great eye!

  • Karl187

    Karl187, 9 months ago

    Masterful work.

  • justimagine

    justimagine, 9 months ago

    Stunning image excellent find and description and you make it live on!

  • seven6

    seven6, 9 months ago

    Nice image, great narrative…

  • dolph00

    dolph00, 9 months ago

    beautiful

  • Rebs O

    Rebs O, 9 months ago

    what a priceless find – great shot

  • Jessie Harris

    Jessie Harris, 8 months ago

    wow, love the repitition.. and the color works really well here with the antique feel of the image.

  • Phil Scott

    Phil Scott, 8 months ago

    amazing.

  • sky2007

    sky2007, 8 months ago

    WOW. THIS CAUGHT MY EYE ..GREAT SHOT.

  • Jan Cain

    Jan Cain, 8 months ago

    great.

  • Roslyn Slater

    Roslyn Slater, 8 months ago

    Everything in time fades yet there is a beauty that lingers here.

  • JaredJames

    JaredJames, 8 months ago

    Beautiful… moving really

  • Anette Tyler

    Anette Tyler, 8 months ago

    Brilliant picture. I lve the treatment

  • Ashlee Maegan

    Ashlee Maegan, 8 months ago

    This is excellent!! Brilliantly captured.

  • Zaldy Infante

    Zaldy Infante, 8 months ago

    a piano’s past of great inspiration and wonder, brilliantly captured

  • QuixPhotography

    QuixPhotography, 8 months ago

    What a fantastic find!
    Beautifully photographed… nice one :)

  • Robert Mullner

    Robert Mullner, 8 months ago

    It is a great find indeed, and an interesting photo…Great shot…

  • budrfli

    budrfli, 8 months ago

    waonderful tones and amazing shot, congrats on the feature

  • Andy Heatwole

    Andy Heatwole, 8 months ago

    Thank you all for the comments and thank you RedBubble for the feature.

  • screamqueen

    screamqueen, 8 months ago

    great picture!

  • sellatieeat

    sellatieeat, 8 months ago

    whoa!

  • Will Pursell

    Will Pursell, 8 months ago

    super cool

  • nodrogart

    nodrogart, 8 months ago

    wonderful detail, you almost expect one of the borrowers to run out!

  • Rayven

    Rayven, 8 months ago

    wickedly awesome!!

  • Ian  James

    Ian James, 8 months ago

    Love the colours and textures of the decay…..

  • Larry Butterworth

    Larry Butterworth, 8 months ago

    There something always interesting about decay. I like it.

  • mohammed

    mohammed, 8 months ago

    something big

  • Catherine Davis

    Catherine Davis, 8 months ago

    Awesome and sad photo.

  • mark brown

    mark brown, 8 months ago

    stunning powerfull very good.

  • mkl .

    mkl ., 8 months ago

    absolutely gorgeous

  • nikspix

    nikspix, 8 months ago

    Hey that looks like my piano . . . oh yeah, I don’t have one anymore ;) Great shot! Brilliant!

  • sashawood

    sashawood, 8 months ago

    absolutely sensational. I keep going back to it for ‘one more look’!

  • Elaine van Dyk

    Elaine van Dyk, 8 months ago

    What a great find! You’ve done it justice – lovely lighting and really interesting framing. Terrific title!

  • stephfine

    stephfine, 8 months ago

    wow love this find…great work, perfect title!

  • sharka

    sharka, 8 months ago

    Great one.

  • Lior Goldenberg

    Lior Goldenberg, 8 months ago

    Wow amazing shot, great lighting, perfect!!!

  • Anthony Mancuso

    Anthony Mancuso, 8 months ago

    stunning work Andy, very well taken!!

  • steini

    steini, 8 months ago

    Great find!

  • gerilou

    gerilou, 8 months ago

    this is a great photo, “who took the ivory?... LOL”

  • jenfinger77

    jenfinger77, 8 months ago

    Love the image AND the description

  • mateusz

    mateusz, 8 months ago

    amazing….Great …..

  • iflo

    iflo, 8 months ago

    ..........ok, it’s creepy.

    but that’s what i love about it.

    good work

  • pleb6264life

    pleb6264life, 8 months ago

    wow all i can say is wow.!

  • gaylebaird

    gaylebaird, 8 months ago

    beautifully haunting shot

  • wzgraphicoz

    wzgraphicoz, 8 months ago

    cool

  • Inishiata

    Inishiata, 8 months ago

    beautiful tones in this image – another ‘wow’ from me

  • LaurenTaylor  Photography

    LaurenTaylor ..., 8 months ago

    very nice photo! cool title too!

  • ericseyes

    ericseyes, 8 months ago

    I really like how you’ve captured and described the abandoment of a once vibrant music instrument!

  • Rebecca Ogden

    Rebecca Ogden, 8 months ago

    beautiful shot. oh the tales it could tell. very nice!

  • Grinch   /      R. Pross

    Grinch / ..., 8 months ago

    Awesome shot, and great title as well, very nice!!

  • Irma Calabrese

    Irma Calabrese, 8 months ago

    very theatrical! it speaks for itself!

  • Anna Margittai

    Anna Margittai, 8 months ago

    wow!!!! an abandoned piano. amazing.

  • orourke

    orourke, 8 months ago

    what a great find, great shot

  • Shell59

    Shell59, 8 months ago

    Man when do we get to meet the congregation?.. EEK!
    (I love the composition!!)
    ;0)

  • Hannah Nicholas

    Hannah Nicholas, 7 months ago

    When I first looked at this, my first impression was a piano that had been really well ‘loved’, maybe too much….years and years of people playing and playing…and now put to rest. So much history in this photo. I just love it.

  • Mark Malinowski

    Mark Malinowski, 7 months ago

    great shot. I have a strong urge to take up piano again… cheers

  • Anita Schep

    Anita Schep, 7 months ago

    My dad used to recondition and tune pianos, but I think this one might be beyond even his loving and skilled hands!! ha ha. Love it!

  • kevsphotos2008

    kevsphotos2008, 7 months ago

    Just a we bit lol.
    Fantastic shot,well done…....................

  • cartoonjohn

    cartoonjohn, 7 months ago

    Fantastic image

  • Mark Hayward

    Mark Hayward, 7 months ago

    what an amazing find..awesome work!

  • TingyWende

    TingyWende, 7 months ago

    This is superb and wonderful!

  • berisme

    berisme, 7 months ago

    This is Absolutely amazing! it took my breath way…I love the words you have written to go along with it. The title is perfect! ....great work!

  • Duncan Waldron

    Duncan Waldron, 7 months ago

    So sad: abandoned church & derelict piano, but nicely photographed. We thought our pianola was in poor condition!

  • Kerryn Rogers

    Kerryn Rogers, 7 months ago

    what could be more beautiful and graceful?

  • Randy Brown

    Randy Brown, 7 months ago

    Good angle and lighting make this a great shot. Well done.

  • PJ Ryan

    PJ Ryan, 7 months ago

    wow, what a find .. such a treasure ..

    so many memories in those keys …

  • catblack

    catblack, 7 months ago

    wow
    so old
    such a gr8 story in it

  • robotsdream

    robotsdream, 7 months ago

    brilliant!!

  • Basia McAuley

    Basia McAuley, 7 months ago

    I’ve always loved this image, congrats on the home page, it’s very well deserved :o)

  • Joanne A. Bradley

    Joanne A. Bradley, 7 months ago

    Great shot!
    Congrats on making homepage!

  • Ken Mucke

    Ken Mucke, 7 months ago

    Brilliant image…Love the tones and amazing find

  • Sarah Bentvelzen

    Sarah Bentvelzen, 7 months ago

    Gorgeous! Love this one a lot!

  • Lisa  Marie Peaslee

    Lisa Marie Pe..., 7 months ago

    So crumbled and used. Great photo!

  • satsumagirl

    satsumagirl, 7 months ago

    Haunting! Great!

  • Tyson Moffitt

    Tyson Moffitt, 7 months ago

    Absolutely amazing, beautiful shot!

  • Jeremy Ham

    Jeremy Ham, 7 months ago

    great detail.

  • DesignbySolo

    DesignbySolo, 7 months ago

    Nice melancholy photo

  • Carrie Glenn

    Carrie Glenn, 7 months ago

    This looks fantastic…what a find! ...and CONGRATS on being featured on the Homepage!!! ;)

  • heathernicole00

    heathernicole00, 7 months ago

    Oh sad day… But great shot!

  • CathyBrookes

    CathyBrookes, 7 months ago

    Lovely shot – so sad. Full of nostalgia.

  • Rosalie Dale IPA

    Rosalie Dale IPA, 7 months ago

    Congrats on the Home Page!!

  • lisa1970

    lisa1970, 7 months ago

    great title and shot but such a sad image. well captured.

  • Kingcobra

    Kingcobra, 7 months ago

    Great photo imagine many restaurants and bistros would love this one.

  • Klaudy Krbata

    Klaudy Krbata, 7 months ago

    Stunning!

  • Iani

    Iani, 7 months ago

    amazing work

  • Sue Wickham

    Sue Wickham, 7 months ago

    Congratulations on the Homepage – it’s a wonderful photograph.

  • Megan Dacy

    Megan Dacy, 7 months ago

    Wow, amazing. It does give that haunting feel.

  • Keegan Wong

    Keegan Wong, 7 months ago

    Wow.

  • Alan Rodmell

    Alan Rodmell, 7 months ago

    Excellent image. Composition, detail, tones, everything…spot on. Fills me with sadness to look at this…. great work

  • SNik

    SNik, 7 months ago

    amazingly creative work!

  • Mindy McGregor

    Mindy McGregor, 6 months ago

    Fantastic work! Very moody feel to it! Well done!

  • Marco Trezza

    Marco Trezza, 6 months ago

    Excelent shot, Angle and illumination. wow!

  • Jane Keats

    Jane Keats, 6 months ago

    Poor old thing, a great find though, you’ve made a fantastic image from it.

  • darby

    darby, 6 months ago

    nice image!!!

  • Sashy

    Sashy, 6 months ago

    one of the best photos ever. period.

  • Ruby Del Angel

    Ruby Del Angel, 5 months ago

    this is great…..

  • iofthebeholder

    iofthebeholder, 5 months ago

    wonderful capture

  • AthenaBlanco

    AthenaBlanco, 5 months ago

    Great lines and detail

  • Carlos D. Toledo-Suárez

    Carlos D. Tole..., 5 months ago

    Great pic!

  • Faith Nel

    Faith Nel, 5 months ago

    oh wow! what a wonderful shot!

  • Nicole Goggins

    Nicole Goggins, 4 months ago

    great shot! love the colours

  • JRScalzo

    JRScalzo, 4 months ago

    Gorgeous capture. A bit sad but you turned this abuse into a treasure. Just beautiful.

  • Sarah  Begley

    Sarah Begley, 4 months ago

    Wow what a lovely find~

  • Karin  Taylor

    Karin Taylorcommunity helper, 3 months ago

    wonderful

  • francesm

    francesm, 3 months ago

    GREAT! LOVE IT/.......FRANCESM

  • josiem

    josiem, 3 months ago

    incredible capture!

  • Laurkat

    Laurkat, 3 months ago

    very fine.

  • Jolie

    Jolie, 2 months ago

    what a great find!
    you’ve captured its essence greatly!

  • Karön Melillo d'Vega

    Karön Melillo ..., 2 months ago

    treasure find ~ what a magnificent beauty !!

  • swtcountry51

    swtcountry51, 2 months ago

    This is a beautiful find. What you have done with it is Magical!!!!!
    Susan

  • LoisBryan

    LoisBryan, 2 months ago

    Heartbreaker of an image!!!! Stunning beauty!!!! Congratulations on this amazing find and the execution of its perfect reproduction!!

  • Sharon Mau

    Sharon Mau, 2 months ago

    It is a brilliant photograph, I adore the deep tonal quality and beautiful colours!

  • Ryan Carter

    Ryan Carter, 2 months ago

    Thought provoking image, well composed, well lit.

  • BlindVision

    BlindVision, about 1 month ago

    Great capture…

  • Samantha  Lauren

    Samantha Lauren, about 1 month ago

    so priceless!

  • shadowzone

    shadowzone, about 1 month ago

    wow, amazing find! great shot

  • Vanessa Anderberg

    Vanessa Anderberg, 22 days ago

    Absolutely wonderful!

  • Keiran Lusk

    Keiran Lusk, 12 days ago

    A haunting image indeed. Beautifully captured Andy. Oh I can only imagine the wonderful songs and music once played on this magical old piano.

  • linda858100

    linda858100, 12 days ago

    VERY CHALLENGING

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