# A piano mysteriously appeared in my house and no one knows its origin **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 13, 2008, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-piano-mysteriously-appeared-in-my-house-and-no-one-knows-its-origin/456307 "2008-07-13T05:06:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-piano-mysteriously-appeared-in-my-house-and-no-one-knows-its-origin/456307/1 "2008-07-13T05:06:09Z")
So I’m living in Indonesia with my husband and son, because my husband’s job brought us here. But we do own a home in the US, although we generally only see it for a few weeks every summer. My husband and son are vacationing at our house right now (I’m still in Indonesia, couldn’t go along this year). We were just talking on Skype, and I mentioned that I was getting a lot of things done that I usually don’t have time for, like practicing the piano. “Oh yeah,” says my husband. “I saw the piano at our house here, you must have acquired that last year after I left.” Um, I don’t remember buying a piano. And while my memory sucks, it generally only fails on mundane things like where I put my purse down. Big things, like buying a piano, I generally recall. So there is a piano in our house, and we haven’t got the faintest clue how it got there. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-piano-mysteriously-appeared-in-my-house-and-no-one-knows-its-origin/456307/2 "2008-07-13T05:31:45Z")
The piano fairy dropped it off of course. I mean duh. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-piano-mysteriously-appeared-in-my-house-and-no-one-knows-its-origin/456307/3 "2008-07-13T06:01:35Z")
It probably let itself in. After all it’s got the keys. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-piano-mysteriously-appeared-in-my-house-and-no-one-knows-its-origin/456307/4 "2008-07-13T06:08:29Z")
[QUOTE=don’t ask] It probably let itself in. After all it’s got the keys. [/QUOTE] You win. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-piano-mysteriously-appeared-in-my-house-and-no-one-knows-its-origin/456307/5 "2008-07-13T07:19:01Z")
Impressive. The biggest thing I’ve ever manifested out of hammerspace was a rubber chicken in a backpack. A piano is on a completely different scale. ---
**Author:** ![ShermanAter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ShermanAter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShermanAter)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-piano-mysteriously-appeared-in-my-house-and-no-one-knows-its-origin/456307/6 "2008-07-13T07:46:59Z")
Is that a piano in your house, or are you just happy to see me? Never look a gift piano in the…ah forget it. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-piano-mysteriously-appeared-in-my-house-and-no-one-knows-its-origin/456307/7 "2008-07-13T12:12:34Z")
[QUOTE=Balance] Impressive. The biggest thing I’ve ever manifested out of hammerspace was a rubber chicken in a backpack. A piano is on a completely different scale. [/QUOTE] **pictures rubber chicken wearing a backpack** **goes back for more caffeine** ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-piano-mysteriously-appeared-in-my-house-and-no-one-knows-its-origin/456307/8 "2008-07-13T12:18:55Z")
Ah yes, the old Southeast Asian sneak-a-piano-into-the-farang’s-house-back-home scam. I know it well. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-piano-mysteriously-appeared-in-my-house-and-no-one-knows-its-origin/456307/9 "2008-07-13T12:24:49Z")
[QUOTE=don’t ask] It probably let itself in. After all it’s got the keys. [/QUOTE] Okay…that’s _dammed_ impressive. 🆒🆒 I nominate **don’t ask** for the _Nifty-est SDMB comeback of the Year™_ award. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-piano-mysteriously-appeared-in-my-house-and-no-one-knows-its-origin/456307/10 "2008-07-13T12:34:51Z")
Was the piano tastefully arranged? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-piano-mysteriously-appeared-in-my-house-and-no-one-knows-its-origin/456307/11 "2008-07-13T12:39:06Z")
**CairoCarol** –was it a nude piano? Was it holding a rose in its teeth? Perhaps you have a _Secret Piano Admirer_? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-piano-mysteriously-appeared-in-my-house-and-no-one-knows-its-origin/456307/12 "2008-07-13T13:05:08Z")
Could be you failed to remember purchasing a piano. Could be that your hubby failed to remember which house on the block to live in. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-piano-mysteriously-appeared-in-my-house-and-no-one-knows-its-origin/456307/13 "2008-07-13T13:11:26Z")
Perhaps he meant it was a piano _accordion_. Because every house has one of those, hidden under the stairs until it gets unleashed during the frisky season. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-piano-mysteriously-appeared-in-my-house-and-no-one-knows-its-origin/456307/14 "2008-07-13T15:28:33Z")
[QUOTE=don’t ask] It probably let itself in. After all it’s got the keys. [/QUOTE] I second **Larry Mudd** ; this is _by far_ the funniest thing I’ve read in a long, long time. 😃 Tripler 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shecky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@Shecky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shecky)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-piano-mysteriously-appeared-in-my-house-and-no-one-knows-its-origin/456307/15 "2008-07-13T15:49:52Z")
It’s so corny I can’t stop laughing. If I had more chins they’d be bobbing and swaying hypnotically. _ **don’t ask** _ is my newest hero. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-piano-mysteriously-appeared-in-my-house-and-no-one-knows-its-origin/456307/16 "2008-07-13T18:07:13Z")
[QUOTE=don’t ask] It probably let itself in. After all it’s got the keys. [/QUOTE] You are a sick bastard and I worship the ground you walk on. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2008, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-piano-mysteriously-appeared-in-my-house-and-no-one-knows-its-origin/456307/17 "2008-07-13T23:12:39Z")
Its so simple. If you find out how and through whom it was delivered you can trace its point of origin. Most time these things come by van clyburn. ---
**Author:** ![Lavender\_Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b782af/32.png) [@Lavender\_Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lavender_Falcon)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-piano-mysteriously-appeared-in-my-house-and-no-one-knows-its-origin/456307/18 "2008-07-14T00:16:31Z")
Two years ago, a piano of unknown origin was found [on top of a mountain](http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/may/17/arts.artsnews1) in Great Britain. The only logical conclusion, now that there is record of a second piano appearing under mysterious circumstances, is that there is a parallel universe full of pianos. Occasionally, a hiccup in the space-time continuum opens a hole to the other universe, and a piano drops through to ours. Simultaneously, random socks are transferred to the other universe, which is why you end up with so many un-matched socks in the laundry. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-piano-mysteriously-appeared-in-my-house-and-no-one-knows-its-origin/456307/19 "2008-07-14T00:28:35Z")
[QUOTE=don’t ask] It probably let itself in. After all it’s got the keys. [/QUOTE] You can add me to the adulation, too. That was awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2008, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-piano-mysteriously-appeared-in-my-house-and-no-one-knows-its-origin/456307/20 "2008-07-14T00:45:52Z")
[QUOTE=don’t ask] It probably let itself in. After all it’s got the keys. [/QUOTE] Dingdingding…we have a winnah! I think we can all go home now. Nobody’s gonna top that comeback! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-piano-mysteriously-appeared-in-my-house-and-no-one-knows-its-origin/456307.md?page=2)