I am a sculptor who constructs assemblages with found objects. Throughout the community I hunt and gather various pieces for my creations. Frequently, I receive calls telling me about an attic, basement, or outbuilding that someone is clearing out asking if I would care to salvage the contents. One such telephone call was for a destroyed baby grand piano. As I removed the pieces from the porch, I saw in them a torso, a head, arms and legs. The Piano Man was born. I envisioned the original Piano Man as a static marionette. After making a series of them, I wanted to collaborate with a fellow artist Harry Melroy on a project. I gave him two piano men in boxes with the instructions that he could do anything he wanted to them. I would choose one for my collection and he would keep the other. The Piano Man Project was born. I usually make a series of forty-four (there are eighty-eight keys on a piano) and use the parts of three pianos for each series. Presently, there are more than seventy-five participants with others being added as opportunities present themselves. - Ken Arthur, Guest Curator