# Return of the revenge of the Mystery Piano! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 24, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-revenge-of-the-mystery-piano/474247 "2008-11-24T14:54:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-revenge-of-the-mystery-piano/474247/1 "2008-11-24T14:54:53Z")
Some of you may recall [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=475347) wherein a Doper was being stalked, it appeared, by a mystery piano. This one turned out to be harmless. But maybe it wasn’t. Maybe it was all a hoax, and now… now they are making their next move. [This piano](http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/23/massachusetts.piano/index.html?iref=mpstoryview) has arrived, oddly enough, in Massachusetts. Could there be a relation? Only the Phantom knows for sure! ---
**Author:** ![Finally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/67e7ee/32.png) [@Finally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finally)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-revenge-of-the-mystery-piano/474247/2 "2008-11-24T16:30:26Z")
I thought EXACTLY the same thing when I saw that this morning. Obviously the work of a nefarious moving company. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-revenge-of-the-mystery-piano/474247/3 "2008-11-24T16:38:06Z")
I, for one, welcome our new ivory-laden overlords! ---
**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:** [November 24, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-revenge-of-the-mystery-piano/474247/4 "2008-11-24T16:42:39Z")
What a grand conservatory. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-revenge-of-the-mystery-piano/474247/5 "2008-11-24T17:20:37Z")
> **[Mystery piano in woods perplexes police - CNN.com](https://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/23/massachusetts.piano/index.html)** > > Was it a theft? A prank? A roundabout effort to bring some holiday cheer to the police? Authorities in Harwich, Massachusetts, are probing the mysterious appearance of a piano, in good working condition, in the middle of the woods. > [@](#): > > (CNN) – Was it a theft? A prank? A roundabout effort to bring some holiday cheer to the police? Authorities in Harwich, Massachusetts, are probing the mysterious appearance of a piano, in good working condition, in the middle of the woods. > A police officer examines an oddly placed piano in the woods of Harwich, Massachusetts. > > Discovered by a woman who was walking a trail, the Baldwin Acrosonic piano, model number 987, is intact – and, apparently, in tune. Ok, fess up, which one of you guys did this? **Skald** , is this part of you master plan of world domination? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-revenge-of-the-mystery-piano/474247/6 "2008-11-24T17:22:33Z")
[Piano found on mountain](http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/may/17/arts.artsnews1). The invasion has begun. ---
**Author:** ![spockerel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@spockerel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spockerel)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-revenge-of-the-mystery-piano/474247/7 "2008-11-24T17:27:34Z")
Perhaps this is a great opportunity for a mod to combine this thread with the other one cycling the “mystery piano”… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-revenge-of-the-mystery-piano/474247/8 "2008-11-24T17:27:54Z")
I actually knew a guy who carried a piano with his hot-air balloon. The mission was to drop it in the town dump, and he succeeded. Perhaps he’s branched out a bit. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-revenge-of-the-mystery-piano/474247/9 "2008-11-24T17:33:49Z")
Wonder how the media is going to spinnet. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-revenge-of-the-mystery-piano/474247/10 "2008-11-24T18:01:27Z")
[Admiral Tarrant] _Where do we get such men?_ [/Admiral Tarrant] ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-revenge-of-the-mystery-piano/474247/11 "2008-11-24T18:05:02Z")
I think the whole thing is just grand! ---
**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:** [November 24, 2008, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-revenge-of-the-mystery-piano/474247/12 "2008-11-24T18:15:26Z")
Bears apparently do more than shit in the woods. I have it on record that uncle Walter goes waltzing with bears. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-revenge-of-the-mystery-piano/474247/13 "2008-11-24T18:19:04Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > I, for one, welcome our new ivory-laden overlords! hi there! Thanks for the welcome! 😃 I also thought of that story when I heard the report this morning! ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-revenge-of-the-mystery-piano/474247/14 "2008-11-24T18:24:06Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > Bears apparently do more than shit in the woods. I have it on record that uncle Walter goes waltzing with bears. Raggy bears, shaggy bears, baggy bears too? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-revenge-of-the-mystery-piano/474247/15 "2008-11-24T18:53:48Z")
Was there a naked Terry Jones in the vicinity? (Talk about something completely different.) ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-revenge-of-the-mystery-piano/474247/16 "2008-11-24T18:57:32Z")
I’ll bet the piano was originally in the ocean and one of those firefighting helicopters picked it up in a bucket and dropped it there. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-revenge-of-the-mystery-piano/474247/17 "2008-11-24T20:01:21Z")
Oh my God, pianos are going _feral_. We’re all doomed. (Do I have to get my upright spayed now? I can’t afford baby harpsichords around the house.) ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-revenge-of-the-mystery-piano/474247/18 "2008-11-24T20:06:13Z")
I have no idea, but it would be the perfect setting for the performance of this piano & shakuhachi piece. [Light above the trees.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lftV5-1Oh0A&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-revenge-of-the-mystery-piano/474247/19 "2008-11-24T20:12:23Z")
Merged two threads about this piano, giving us _176 Keys of Terror_. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-revenge-of-the-mystery-piano/474247/20 "2008-11-24T20:37:07Z")
Um… I’m sure this is just a coincidence, but I have a Yamaha SY-77 keyboard for sale. Any takers? Please? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-the-revenge-of-the-mystery-piano/474247.md?page=2)