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[[File:Piano Mill 4.jpg|thumb|External view of the Piano Mill]]
[[File:Piano Mill 2.jpg|thumb|View of the Piano Mill in context at night, illuminated from within.]]
[[File:Piano Mill 5.jpg|thumb|Internal view of the Piano Mill]]
[[File:Piano Mill 3.jpg|thumb|The Pianists]]
A '''Piano Mill''' is a hybrid building and [[musical instrument]] located at [[Willsons Downfall]] in Northern [[New South Wales]], Australia. It was designed and purpose-built to house sixteen reclaimed [[piano]]s in a [[tower]] structure. The instrument is designed to have the sixteen pianos played simultaneously.<ref name="australian music centre">{{cite web |work=Resonate Magazine |title=The Piano Mill  |location=Australia |publisher=Australian Music Centre |url=http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/article/the-piano-mill |date= |access-date= }}</ref>
==History==
The first Piano Mill, constructed in [[Willsons Downfall]], Northern [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]], was designed by architect Bruce Wolfe specifically for composer [[Erik Griswold]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wolfe|first1=Bruce|title=The Piano Mill|date=2018|publisher=Uro Publications|location=Melbourne, Australia|isbn=9780994396600|pages=96|url=https://uropublications.com/collections/books-from-uro-publications/products/the-piano-mill}}</ref> This structure is a copper clad tower approximately 9m tall with a footprint of 4.5m X 4.5m and its lowest floor is 1.6m above the ground allowing the pianos to be installed post-construction.<ref name="Highlife mag">{{cite web|last1=Li|first1=Rosa|title=Piano|url=http://highlifemagazine.net/piano-mill/|website=Australia Highlife Downs Living|publisher=Queensland Magazines}}</ref> The mill is equipped with tuned [[grader]] blades as chimes and two sonic [[periscope]]s. To launch The Piano Mill, Griswold composed a new work, ''All’s grist that comes to the mill'', that responds to various influences such as architecture, the natural environment and Australia's [[Colony|colonial]] history.<ref name="Music journal">{{cite journal|last1=Griswold|first1=Erik|title=The Piano Mill: Nostalgic Music and Architecture in the Australian Bush|journal=Leonardo Music Journal|date=December 2017|volume=-|issue=27|pages=53–54|url=http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/LMJ_a_01014}}</ref><ref name="ABC news">{{cite web|last1=May|first1=Melissa|title=The Road to The Piano Mill|url=http://www.abc.net.au/classic/new-waves/the-road-to-the-piano-mill/9316766|website=ABC Classic FM|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref> It was performed in the Piano Mill on Sunday March 27, 2016, and since that time there have been two subsequent pieces written for the instrument.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ward|first1=Donna|title=‘Instrumental’ building at Wilsons Downfall wins music award|url=http://www.tenterfieldstar.com.au/story/4922079/instrumental-building-at-wilsons-downfall-wins-music-award/|agency=Tenterfield Star|publisher=Fairfax Media}}</ref>
The first Piano Mill has won awards including a World Architecture Festival 2018 Award for the Culture category, a National Commendation at the Australian Institute of Architects 2017 Awards and a National Award for Experimental Music at the 2017 APRA AMCOS Art Music Awards.
<ref name="WAF award">{{cite web |work=World Architecture Festival |title=World Architecture Festival 2018 Category Winners  |location=England |publisher=EMAP Publishing Limited |url=https://www.worldarchitecturefestival.com/world-architecture-festival-2018-category-winners |date= |access-date= }}</ref><ref name="architecture au award">{{cite web |work=ArchitectureAU |title=2017 National Architecture Awards: Small Project Architecture Commendation  |location=Australia |publisher=Architecture Media |url=https://architectureau.com/articles/2017-national-architecture-awards-small-project-architecture-commendation/ |date= |access-date= }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Building powered by 16 pianos wins national gong|url=https://www.stanthorpeborderpost.com.au/news/piano-project-claims-top-music-award/3220770/|agency=Stanthope Border Post|publisher=News Corp Australia}}</ref>
== References ==
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== External links ==
*https://architectureau.com/articles/the-piano-mill/
*http://www.thepianomill.org/
*https://uropublications.com/products/the-piano-mill
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[[Category:Piano]]
[[Category:Music of Australia]]
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