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88 more keys - piano - found on sandbar along Florida's coast - MYSTERY SOLVED
MIAMI - Here's a mystery that gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "piano bar."
A grand piano recently appeared on a sandbar in Biscayne Bay. Whoever put it there placed it at the highest point of the sandbar so that it's not underwater during high tide.
A grand piano weighs at least 650 pounds and is unwieldy to move, said Bob Shapiro, a salesman at Piano Music Center in Pembroke Park, Fla. "You don't take it out there in a rowboat," Shapiro said.
This much is clear, however: The piano isn't going anywhere anytime soon. Unless it becomes a danger to wildlife or boaters, authorities have no plans to haul it away.
"We are not responsible for removing such items," said Jorge Pino, a spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. "Even a car can become a habitat for wildlife. Unless the item becomes a navigational hazard, the Coast Guard would not get involved."
Local police and fire crews said the same thing.
The shape of the piano is visible to the naked eye, but with a pair of binoculars or a telephoto lense, seagulls can be seen landing on it.
A used grand piano would sell for at least $3,000. But many pianos wear out from the tons of pressure on the internal parts.
"It could be worth nothing," Shapiro said. "Pianos don't grow old gracefully. They just wear out."
http://www.dispatch.com/live/conten...-keys-found-along-floridas-coast.html?sid=101
MIAMI - Here's a mystery that gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "piano bar."
A grand piano recently appeared on a sandbar in Biscayne Bay. Whoever put it there placed it at the highest point of the sandbar so that it's not underwater during high tide.
A grand piano weighs at least 650 pounds and is unwieldy to move, said Bob Shapiro, a salesman at Piano Music Center in Pembroke Park, Fla. "You don't take it out there in a rowboat," Shapiro said.
This much is clear, however: The piano isn't going anywhere anytime soon. Unless it becomes a danger to wildlife or boaters, authorities have no plans to haul it away.
"We are not responsible for removing such items," said Jorge Pino, a spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. "Even a car can become a habitat for wildlife. Unless the item becomes a navigational hazard, the Coast Guard would not get involved."
Local police and fire crews said the same thing.
The shape of the piano is visible to the naked eye, but with a pair of binoculars or a telephoto lense, seagulls can be seen landing on it.
A used grand piano would sell for at least $3,000. But many pianos wear out from the tons of pressure on the internal parts.
"It could be worth nothing," Shapiro said. "Pianos don't grow old gracefully. They just wear out."
http://www.dispatch.com/live/conten...-keys-found-along-floridas-coast.html?sid=101
goggles ,unless it was a raft of some sort that came here by the powers of a deaf manatee that is looking for family members that have been hit and run over by boats that only hear the sound of there moters till its till late
