I cleaned a gross public piano in the Chicago Airport

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  @Maggie-tr4ij · 1 year ago · pinned

  I have the CRAZIEST story with this piano. Thank you so much for cleaning it!!! My friend works at O’Hare and on his lunch breaks he goes and plays the piano. He’s autistic and a musical savant, incredible singer and plays a number of instruments. One day this guy came up to him and requested a Coldplay song, so my friend played and sang Viva La Vida. The guy videotaped it and went on his way. A couple weeks later, he gets a call at 9 am the day of Coldplay’s Madison, Wisconsin show. The guy had worked with Coldplay in the past and was friends with Chris Martin. He sent Chris the video, who had a member of his team reach out and offer him a free ride to Madison and back to Chicago, free passes to the family and friends room before the show, free insanely good tickets, and they even offered a free stay in a hotel that he had to turn down since he had to work the next day. After he got off the phone he called me and asked me to come with him and I dropped everything and headed over. It was the most incredible show I’ve ever seen and an incredible once in a lifetime opportunity that wouldn’t have been possible without you fixing that piano. Thank you so much!!!!!

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• AI

  @Ailurias · 1 year ago

  I'm at the Chicago airport right now, May 2025, and my gate is right where the piano is. Someone is playing it right now and it still sounds great. Thanks!

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• CC

  @CCABPSacsach · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uSW38mpz8I&amp;t=696">11:36</a> “No drinks near piano please!” Must be the biggest character development to happen to a piano

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• RE

  @realbricksmocs · 1 year ago

  It&apos;s always a nightmare when you want to play a piano in public and it doesn&apos;t work very great. Really enjoyed this video! Thank you!

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• GO

  @goldsilverrain · 1 year ago

  Just passed through Chicago O’Hare and someone was playing beautifully on it! Thanks for restoring life back into the piano so I could enjoy what might have been a boring transit!

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• DI

  @DIYskate · 1 year ago (edited)

  Sitting next to this piano as someone is playing it. Sounds beautiful, thanks for giving it the love it deserves. ~ August 2025 edit: I visited this piano again this week and it is becoming sticky and dirty again. It&apos;s located at a bar, so I&apos;m sure there are regular spills.

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• OL

  @Oldtimerider · 1 year ago

  Cool! As an airline pilot, I walk by that piano all the time. Well done!

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• TC

  @tcsmagicbox · 8 months ago

  &quot;Are you the Piano Doctor?&quot; <br>&quot;Yeah&quot; (winces in pain) &quot;And you are?&quot; <br>&quot;The Doctor. &nbsp;Just, The Doctor. &nbsp;Do you need a Band-Aid?&quot;

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• DO

  @DogeDragone · 1 year ago

  So many people who worked at the airport probably walked by and just assumed you were a contractor who was there to fix the piano and not just someone who was like &quot;imma fix this piano&quot;

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• JA

  @jamesmillora1974 · 1 year ago (edited)

  I don’t know if you remember me but I came up to you that day when you were cleaning this piano and asked you when it was going to be done because I wanted to play it. You had asked me if I knew how to play the piano and I said that I did. You then told me that there was another piano in the other terminal and I thanked you for that information. <br><br>I had no idea that you were recording this and that you had a YouTube channel. I happen to come across this video by accident, and I’m glad I did! I am following your channel now.

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• SO

  @Sol_GGAC · 1 year ago

  As someone who had to clean up 22 years of dust in the great organ of Notre Dame, I feel your pain.

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• CR

  @cristal.george26 · 1 year ago

  This was my first public piano that I got to play on a few months ago (June 2025), and it sounded great! Thank you so much for cleaning and fixing this for others to enjoy.

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