Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

I've covered numerous prairie burns during my time at WPT but this summer I covered my first piano burning. Say what? Yes, every year The Roxbury Tavern, in the small town of Roxbury, sets a piano aflame. It's an event: well attended and well-loved. The "why" of this yearly ritual will be explored in a story for the upcoming season of "In Wisconsin", I can tell you the visuals were spectacular. Mesmerizing.

Was I working through my feelings re: years of forced piano lessons in elementary school? No matter, neat story. I will add that my dear childhood friend Gwen was mortified at the thought of burning a piano. Her thoughts? "If you're going to set fire to a musical instrument, why not bagpipes?"

So I leave you with the question, if you had to set a music instrument on fire, which one would you choose?