"Worn Down Piano" is a song by the North-American Mark & Clark Band, from their album Double Take.
The song is written in 1977 by Clark and Mark Seymour, twin brothers. It was released as a single.

The length of the song is 8:10.

The lyrics are about a piano that's being bid for on an auction. The song starts in 6/8 time. When the piano starts playing, the structure changes to a 4/4 time.

The song reached 6th place in the Dutch Top 40

Dutch Top 40

The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...

. Since the year 2000 Worn Down Piano has been in the top 100 of the Dutch most popular songs of all times list, the Top 2000

Top 2000

The Top 2000 is a radio program on the Dutch radio station Radio 2, and has been broadcast since 1999. It is broadcast annually at the end of the year. Until 2008 the program started 0:00 on Boxing Day , and continuing non-stop until 24:00 at New Year's Eve...

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Credits

The following musicians play in the song:

• Clark Seymour, Piano, Vocals
• Mark Seymour, Piano, Vocals
• Allan Schwartzberg
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  , Drums
• Errol "Crusher" Bennett, Percussion
• Elliott Randall
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  , Guitar
• Frank Owens, Keyboards
• Hugh McCracken
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  , Guitar
• Jimmy Maelen
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  , Percussion
• Jimmy Young, Drums
• John Tropea
  John Tropea
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  , Guitar
• Kenneth Bichel
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  , Synthesizer
• Paul Shaffer
  Paul Shaffer
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  , Keyboards
• Will Lee
  Will Lee (bassist)
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  , Bass