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01-26-2011, 02:50 PM
Miami sound machine! Mystery as 650lbs grand piano 'appears' on Florida sandbar
By Daily Mail Reporter
It's a tuneful mystery that has struck a chord with residents in Miami's Biscayne Bay...a 650lbs grand piano has appeared on a sandbank.
Exactly how it got there, nobody seems to know...and as yet no-one has turned up to tinkle the ivories.
The piano was placed at the highest point along the sandbar, about 200 yards from shore, so that it doesn't disappear underwater during high tide.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/01/25/article-1350590-0CE928DD000005DC-202_634x472.jpgWatch out for sharps: A battered grand piano, bearing the marks of its new position as a fancy roost for seagulls, is perched on a sandbar in Miami's Biscayne Bay
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/01/25/article-1350590-0CE92935000005DC-12_634x361.jpgFinal note: The piano sits at the end of the sandbar - where it is highest, so that it is least likely to be swept away by the tide
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/01/25/article-1350590-0CE80399000005DC-946_634x406.jpg
It's causing no treble: A Coast Guard boat inspects the piano, which sits some 200 yards from the shore. Authorities have said it is not their job to move it and they won't until it presents a hazard
But who put it there - and, almost more importantly, why - remains unknown.
It could have come from one of the condominiums that line the shore of the bay - or it could have come from further afield.
The one thing authorities do know is that unless the instrument turns from a minor into a major problem, they won't be moving it.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Jorge Pino told the Miami Herald that the agency is not responsible for moving such items.
And, he adds, unless it becomes a navigational hazard, the U.S. Coast Guard won't get involved.
For now, the piano has become a fancy roost for seagulls.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-1350668/Mystery-piano-appears-sandbar-Florida-Keys.html#ixzz1C9WggNwD
By Daily Mail Reporter
It's a tuneful mystery that has struck a chord with residents in Miami's Biscayne Bay...a 650lbs grand piano has appeared on a sandbank.
Exactly how it got there, nobody seems to know...and as yet no-one has turned up to tinkle the ivories.
The piano was placed at the highest point along the sandbar, about 200 yards from shore, so that it doesn't disappear underwater during high tide.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/01/25/article-1350590-0CE928DD000005DC-202_634x472.jpgWatch out for sharps: A battered grand piano, bearing the marks of its new position as a fancy roost for seagulls, is perched on a sandbar in Miami's Biscayne Bay
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/01/25/article-1350590-0CE92935000005DC-12_634x361.jpgFinal note: The piano sits at the end of the sandbar - where it is highest, so that it is least likely to be swept away by the tide
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/01/25/article-1350590-0CE80399000005DC-946_634x406.jpg
It's causing no treble: A Coast Guard boat inspects the piano, which sits some 200 yards from the shore. Authorities have said it is not their job to move it and they won't until it presents a hazard
But who put it there - and, almost more importantly, why - remains unknown.
It could have come from one of the condominiums that line the shore of the bay - or it could have come from further afield.
The one thing authorities do know is that unless the instrument turns from a minor into a major problem, they won't be moving it.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Jorge Pino told the Miami Herald that the agency is not responsible for moving such items.
And, he adds, unless it becomes a navigational hazard, the U.S. Coast Guard won't get involved.
For now, the piano has become a fancy roost for seagulls.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-1350668/Mystery-piano-appears-sandbar-Florida-Keys.html#ixzz1C9WggNwD