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Traffic Warden Finds Abandoned Piano And Decides To Investigate
I think his “investigation” was quite thorough.
Morgan Slimak
07.30.19

Piano’s are pretty pricey instruments and it is very unusual that someone would just throw one out. However, that is exactly what happened in the UK recently.

A traffic warden noticed an abandoned piano along the side of the road while he was out on patrol and decided to go investigate.

The footage of his investigation was all caught on camera and it’s something that you have to see for yourself. The warden did something that you would never expect.

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He immediately started playing the boogie-woogie!

While typically, a traffic warden or parking enforcement officer’s job entails ticketing people for illegally parking their vehicles, not all warden’s do their job exactly by the books. Some of them like to take a little leeway with the job description.

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That’s why when this warden noticed the piano sitting out on the street, for him, it was practically as attention-grabbing as a poorly parked car.

“An abandoned piano on the side of the road?” the warden asked out loud.

The piano had zero respect for the parking regulations in the area, and the warden decided to pound some sense into it.

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He approached and started tapping all of the keys in rapid succession.

The result? A pretty epic boogie-woogie jam.

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Even though the piano was tilted over at a massive angle, it didn’t stop the talented traffic warden one bit from banging out some sweet tunes.

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At one point, an ambulance even drove by with its sirens blaring, but the warden kept on playing, completely unfazed.

He was so in the zone that the distractions going on around him didn’t even register. It added a pretty neat effect to the video though. While the cars driving by must have thought the warden was crazy, the sounds of the city in the background make for the perfect base to lay down the jazzy melody.

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The commenters on YouTube were pretty impressed by the performance too.

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The video of the warden’s boogie-woogie jam has since racked up close to a million views and over 11,000 likes. Although, people just couldn’t get over the fact that someone would actually abandon a piano.

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“Upper range needs a good tune, but it’s such a shame to see a beautiful instrument like that thrown out onto a rainy street. Well played!” another user said.

It was a pretty lucky coincidence that one of the most talented traffic wardens in the UK would happen on a random piano like that, however, we are so glad he did. His boogie-tune is just lovely! Although, eventually, he did have to get back to performing his other job duties.

After playing the track, the warden called his investigation complete.

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“We’ll have to get the council to move it,” the warden said referring to the piano.

Case closed.

Despite the brief reprieve from handing out tickets, ultimately, the traffic warden had to get back to work, but we thoroughly enjoyed his little demonstration of his talent.

Watch the full video of the traffic warden playing the boogie-woogie on the abandoned piano below.

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