Piano Bar - Mystery Piano Washes-Up in Miami

A grand piano has mysteriously appeared on a sandbar in Miami's Biscayne Bay. According to local news sources, whoever put it there placed it at the highest point of the sandbar so that it's not underwater during high tide.

Grand pianos in and of themselves, aren't mysterious, but this one is. Locals aren't sure if the beat-up grand might be a prank, or if it's someone too lazy to properly dispose of an old piano. Either way, it's got people talking.

Given the size of your typical grand piano, about 650lbs if you're lucky, it isn't going anywhere. "We are not responsible for removing such items," Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Jorge Pino told local reporters. "Even a car can become a habitat for wildlife. Unless the item becomes a navigational hazard, the Coast Guard would not get involved."

If the instrument's placement is indeed a prank, somebody went to a lot of trouble to pull it off. Either way, this is the coolest piano story we've seen since colorful, less-grand pianos were placed throughout the streets of New York, begging for us busy New Yorkers to sit a while and tickle some ivory.

Posted by JD on January 25, 2011 12:25 PM