# 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")\
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**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2004, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-plays-the-piano-with-his-balls/254575/21 "2004-07-11T23:13:26Z")

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> [@Amp](#):
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> I came to the same conclusion just by watching the videos. It is very obvious.

It wasn’t obvious to me. However, I guessed that on the grounds that that’s what _I’d_ do - I don’t think I could the other way ever. Still impressive though.

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**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-plays-the-piano-with-his-balls/254575/22 "2004-07-12T00:45:04Z")

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> [@Amp](#):
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> I came to the same conclusion just by watching the videos. It is very obvious.

Damn. I thought I was gonna sound smart and perceptive as hell because I picked up on it within the first 15-20 secs of his playing. Guess I am just AVG as a doper eh?

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**Author:** ![Chill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Chill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chill)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-plays-the-piano-with-his-balls/254575/23 "2004-07-12T03:24:29Z")

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> [@Trigonal Planar](#):
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> oh ya, I’ve seen this guy perform a few times in the “Just for Laughs” comedy festival in Montreal. Its pretty damned impressive.

Really? Do you know if he’s coming down this year?  
The Galas are going to be great…

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**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2004, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-plays-the-piano-with-his-balls/254575/24 "2004-07-14T18:41:29Z")

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The following is only for those who read **Lazlo’s** spoiler box. I own an electronic stage piano and mine can be set up to do this as well. It has an internal sequencer I can record a tune into and then I can set a slider switch to balance between the volume dedicated to playback versus keyboard. With the keyboard on zero-volume levels and the playback set on max it is easy to fake playing even difficult pieces which were recorded into the sequencer(and perhaps edited to make them sound better) or uploaded from a PC into the keyboard. The juggling pianists thus far in the thread have used specially modified keyboards(probably not playable instruments at all) with flat keys which do not visibly depress. This is no different, mechanically, from bouncing balls off the stage floor although the timing to co-ordinate with the music is impressive.Enjoy,  
Steven

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