# Man plays the piano with his balls!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-plays-the-piano-with-his-balls/254575
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [July 11, 2004, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-plays-the-piano-with-his-balls/254575 "2004-07-11T16:45:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2004, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-plays-the-piano-with-his-balls/254575/1 "2004-07-11T16:45:47Z")
Trust me - you have _never_ seen anything like this. It’s just amazing!
Worth a look!
[Man plays the piano with his balls.](http://www.ebaumsworld.com/pianoballs.html)
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### Author:  [@Astacey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astacey)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2004, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-plays-the-piano-with-his-balls/254575/2 "2004-07-11T16:51:53Z")
That was…
cool.
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### Author:  [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2004, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-plays-the-piano-with-his-balls/254575/3 "2004-07-11T16:56:04Z")
Ho-lee crap! That was incredible.
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### Author:  [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2004, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-plays-the-piano-with-his-balls/254575/4 "2004-07-11T16:59:49Z")
oh ya, I’ve seen this guy perform a few times in the “Just for Laughs” comedy festival in Montreal. Its pretty damned impressive.
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### Author:  [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2004, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-plays-the-piano-with-his-balls/254575/5 "2004-07-11T17:10:03Z")
> [@astro](#):
>
> Trust me - you have _never_ seen anything like this. It’s just amazing!
Actually, I HAVE seen this before. On a 1990 _Tonight Show_. A man named Daniel Melendez did it.
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### Author:  [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2004, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-plays-the-piano-with-his-balls/254575/6 "2004-07-11T17:13:31Z")
Gotta wonder how Lee Greenwood would react to seeing this guy play “God Bless the USA” with his balls.
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### Author:  [@noname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/noname)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2004, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-plays-the-piano-with-his-balls/254575/7 "2004-07-11T17:15:32Z")
Oh _those_ balls!! I misunderstood. My Mistake 😃 . But cool nonetheless
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### Author:  [@Cockatiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cockatiel)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2004, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-plays-the-piano-with-his-balls/254575/8 "2004-07-11T17:15:52Z")
Ohhhhhhhh, you mean _those_ type of balls. Complete misinterpretation on my part. :smack: But seriously, that’s pretty cool.
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### Author:  [@Searching\_For\_Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Searching_For_Truth)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2004, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-plays-the-piano-with-his-balls/254575/9 "2004-07-11T17:18:46Z")
That IS pretty amazing. Though I admit, I was a little disappointed. You deliberately misled us! Great video/performance overall, though, I must say.
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### Author:  [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2004, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-plays-the-piano-with-his-balls/254575/10 "2004-07-11T17:29:09Z")
With that kind of pounding, no wonder they’re pink!
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### Author:  [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2004, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-plays-the-piano-with-his-balls/254575/11 "2004-07-11T18:01:20Z")
Oops. That’s [Daniel Menendez](http://www.pianojuggler.com/).
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### Author:  [@Shaolinrabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shaolinrabbit)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2004, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-plays-the-piano-with-his-balls/254575/12 "2004-07-11T18:16:50Z")
That is definitely cool. Whatever they’re paying those guys, it’s not enough 😉
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### Author:  [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2004, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-plays-the-piano-with-his-balls/254575/13 "2004-07-11T18:53:18Z")
I wonder how he play his organ…
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### Author:  [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2004, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-plays-the-piano-with-his-balls/254575/14 "2004-07-11T19:09:14Z")
And for those of you dissapointed by the misleading thread title, [here’s](http://stuff.ubersite.com/1083956770246728834/1/Piano_Player.mpg) a video of a man playing the piano with his penis.
Warning: If you need to be warned not to watch this kind of stuff at work then either you don’t care about your job or your job doesn’t care about your viewing habits so fuck it, do what you want :).
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### Author:  [@Lazlo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazlo)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2004, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-plays-the-piano-with-his-balls/254575/15 "2004-07-11T19:28:53Z")
I saw that guy play in Vegas as part of the _Splash II_ show at the Riveria. We had one of those tables that are at the very front of the stage and I had a perfect view of his keyboard.
While his juggling was indeed amazing…
It made no difference what keys he hit with the balls. I specifically remember he hit the middle C about five times in a row, yet the melody still came out. The timing, however, was perfect. This led me to believe that the keyboard was just one big switch set up to play a pre-programmed note when it was struck.
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### Author:  [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2004, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-plays-the-piano-with-his-balls/254575/16 "2004-07-11T19:50:09Z")
> [@Lazlo](#):
>
> It made no difference what keys he hit with the balls. I specifically remember he hit the middle C about five times in a row, yet the melody still came out. The timing, however, was perfect. This led me to believe that the keyboard was just one big switch set up to play a pre-programmed note when it was struck.
I came to the same conclusion just by watching the videos. It is very obvious.
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### Author:  [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2004, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-plays-the-piano-with-his-balls/254575/17 "2004-07-11T19:57:05Z")
What’s the name of his finale song? It’s on the tip of my tongue and it’s driving me nuts! Yarrr!
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### Author:  [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2004, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-plays-the-piano-with-his-balls/254575/18 "2004-07-11T20:50:32Z")
> [@Cisco](#):
>
> And for those of you dissapointed by the misleading thread title, [here’s](http://stuff.ubersite.com/1083956770246728834/1/Piano_Player.mpg) a video of a man playing the piano with his penis.
>
> Warning: If you need to be warned not to watch this kind of stuff at work then either you don’t care about your job or your job doesn’t care about your viewing habits so fuck it, do what you want :).
Ah, yes. I hear he’s a regular down at Wang’s Piano Bar.
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### Author:  [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2004, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-plays-the-piano-with-his-balls/254575/19 "2004-07-11T21:19:20Z")
…His signature tune? _Air on a G string_.
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### Author:  [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2004, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-plays-the-piano-with-his-balls/254575/20 "2004-07-11T22:04:11Z")
I thought it was _Beat It_
Though, onn good days it’s _Easy to be Hard_
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