Ha! Nope - We carry two portable shells that house our digital pianos.
They're actually just two 48" folding banquet tables with a wooden hood bolted on in the shape of a piano top. It really adds to the illusion. In a larger room, we'd have the speakers up on sticks, but because this was someone's living room, we used the mains as monitors. Worked great.

Very clever ... looks pretty cool too ...

No doubt the 'cartage fee' made it worth the work ...

Looks fabulous.

Breakfast was awesome yesterday btw,...
rig is looking good Dave,......best of luck dueling out there,.....
the crowd is gonna love it.

Slick set up! Very creative, nice job with the config.

Yeah, back in the 80s (when I first started the dueling deal), we had actual acoustic grand shells that WE gutted, and emptied. The concept was new, and the crowds were bigger, louder, drunker ... they often came up and sat ON the piano, so, we needed that level of strength. As the years advanced, and the crowds diminished, we needed to make the rigs more portable, and we gave up a little of that strength, in favor of reduced real estate on stage (and in the vehicles)
These little shells give a more polished look to the act, even though we know we're not fooling anyone into thinking they are real pianos. This type of act is request driven, tipping motivated, and full of farce and whimsy. Oh yeah ... and we play and sing songs too.

Just found this pic from last year at the Playground in Atlantic City, when Vinnie Lopez (E Street Band Hall of Fame Drummer) came in and sat in on a few Bruce tunes! His Blues band was in the room net to ours, but we were having more fun, so he come over! Fun dude - carries his drum hardware in a golf bag! lol

** Here's an example of real, gutted piano shells. (When they stay put, it's great!)

I love these 2 piano setup, overhere in Holland we have a bar called the crazy piano's in the hague. There is 2 piano's and the crowd decides what they play... and whatever you ask, they will play and sing..

Next to some great musicians, its allways party time inthere..


I just reminded my wife that we need to visit the hague again any time soon.

Dave
I have always wondered about this type of gig. How do you know all these songs and be able to take requests on the spot. I'm sure after a while you can't guess what will be requested but not always. I'm not one to "fake" my way through a. Song and what. About the other player?