"Honey, we should've bought the Pearl River..."

"Wow, don't ever criticize that Saul fella's music!"

Damm! Looks like Jerry Lee has been around....

" I'm confused... it seems to say my right hand glissando should be descending, but how can it be if....."

"Darned grandchildren, always getting their sticky fingerprints all over my score"

All the homes and business along Main Street in Schoharie had at least 4 feet of water in them. What made it worse is that the water didn't just rise...it was a raging river through Schoharie and other towns along the Schoharie Creek. In some spots, the creek rose 20 to 30 feet. Driving through that area is so heart-breaking. There is debris in the tops of trees. In some spots the roads are gone, and no place to rebuild them. 140,000 acres of farmland is now unusable.

This is very sad. Can't find any humor but can think of some captions. I've got to think Irving has some hand in a restoration. So, maybe "Honey...call Irving."

"I'm trying to read the instruction manual on how to set this thing up. Honey, I know you wanted a grand, but I thought we ordered an upright."

"Damn! I should have listened to Gyro and bought the Williams Overture..."

"It says here that this was Keith Emerson's piano."

"I gotta stop playing Stormy Weather!"

"My LOVE for you flows longer than a river,
but my name is MUD now!"

***(But it's really heartbreaking.....and I wish the owners the best in a piano restoration or in aquiring a new piano!)

"Your trophy girlfriend called during afternoon tea . . . Goodbye.
p.s. Sam the pool boy has quit.
p.p.s your dinner is in the trash bin"

A bit dark, I know. But seeing the piano, that's how I felt.

Is this Beethoven? Something he composed when he was really deaf?

The music says "Blue Danube", but it sure looks brown to me!

"Steinway B grand piano was vandalized by a group of Steinway haters on Sept 1st, 2011 in the salon at Wedgewood bed and breakfast in the village of Schoharie. Likely the criminals are in custody awaiting their charges, only one is still at large...last seen with the piano bench and a #2 leg."

If you have any information, please call your local police station.

I can only go with the classic:

"Awww sh!t."

"I hope this is covered by the warranty."

"Oh that should buff right out"

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Look quickly... sure it'll get flagged soon enough

Jeff,

You made my day. Not exactly a caption, but really funny nevertheless. Definitely in the top five.

The captions are great. Please keep them coming. And please don’t hold back because of the tragic circumstances that led to the photo.

I just spoke to Ed August, the man in the picture whose home (and B&B) and Steinway B grand were destroyed by the flood. It’s unimaginable what he and so many of his neighbors have lost, but Ed, at least, hasn’t lost his sense of humor. He willingly posed for the picture; he fully appreciates that it’s funny; he enjoys that others are getting a chuckle from it; and he’s delighted to know that the photo of him and the piano is the subject for this caption contest.

Ed never heard of PianoWorld before, but enjoyed learning about it and he’ll be here soon to read through the captions. He’s genuinely looking forward to the laughs that they are sure to bring him. My guess is that some of his friends and neighbors will get a bit of a lift from this as well. So, if you haven’t yet posted that caption that you’ve been thinking about sending, now’s the time to push the submit button.

Regarding Ed’s piano, he gave it to a local tuner/tech who will probably salvage the plate and toss the rest. Nothing else in the piano survived the water.

Regarding his house, he converted it to a B&B rather than move away when time came for him to downsize. His large living room became a small concert space where he hosted several concerts a year. Arturo O’Farrill, who plays regularly at Birdland, accompanied on bass by Ed’s son Gregg August, gave one of those concerts. For the folks in Schoharie, Ed’s B&B concerts were just about the hottest tickets in town.

When the flood came, the assault was almost instantaneous. In just moments, the muddy water filled his basement and rose to nearly 5 feet in his living room. Ed walked through it, with the water up to his chest, to get to higher ground – the second floor of his house. A couple of hours after calling 911, a speedboat from Canada showed up to take him to safety.

Ed hasn’t yet decided whether or not to rebuild. He’s disheartened that so many of his neighbors have decided to walk away. The extent of the devastation, the number of houses that were destroyed, is still overwhelming to him. But his spirit is terrific; at 72 he’s still going strong. If he rebuilds, it will be at least in part to bring back the concerts. Bless this man and all of you - for your captions and your kind thoughts.

"See? I told you it's marked "ffffff" at the end of the second movement!"

Lets salvage what we can.. how about one page of the sheet music? This one here looks just fine!

And the winner is...... ????

Honey, I think the piano needs tuning again.

"This image shows that pianos are large, space hogging ugly objects that collect loads and loads of gunky mess, made of wood but can't float. It has two legs that can't even hold it up. What rubbish!!"

"See dear, right here, it says 'play louder on repeat", and this must be my 100th time practicing, so it is not my fault!"

"Silent Piano"