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In this Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015 photo, Rob Norris, owner of the Piano Mill in Rockland, Mass., stands beside a piano once owned by Liberace. A section of roof collapsed into the music store\'s showroom under the weight of snow Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, after Rockland received 29 inches of new snow the previous day. Norris said it is unclear if the Liberace piano was damaged. No one was in the building at the time of the collapse, nor is anyone being allowed inside until a structural engineer assesses damage. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Liberace piano undamaged after roof of music store housing it collapses under weight of snow

ROCKLAND, Mass. – The owner of a Massachusetts music store says a rhinestone-covered grand piano once owned by Liberace wasn’t damaged when part of the roof collapsed under the weight of snow.

Rob Norris said after an inspection Tuesday that the piano wasn’t located in the section where the roof caved in. The Liberace piano has 88,888 rhinestones and has been appraised for $500,000.

Rockland Fire Chief Scott Duffey says a roughly 100-foot-by-100-foot section of the pitched roof fell into the showroom Tuesday morning at the Piano Mill. No one was inside. Duffey said more sections fell later.

Duffey says about a dozen other pianos had extensive damage.

Rockland received 29 inches of snow Monday.

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