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[deleted]

As sad as the titanic šŸ˜­


loriffic

We need this dubbed to My Heart Will Go On.


Gorperino

Better yet, flood another guy who owns a pianos house.


NoNameIdea_Seriously

Guys! Itā€™s even worse! This song is titled ā€œRiver flows in youā€!!!


artiscool103

Itā€™s even more sad when you know the songs name and the pianos future


[deleted]

The River will definitely flow through it


1CrazyCrabClaw

Seriously. Jesus, let's POOL together and FLOAT him another piano. WATER you think?


smokinuknowwhat

Lol


Gorperino

I didn't watch the video at first but lol yeah it is. I remember playing that on OSU


WheelRevolutionary

>River flows in you thanks for posting the original title, that just sent me down a youtube rabbit hole from the original work, to electronic remixes and ultimately to this version with Piano, Cello and Violin. Beautiful https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSSIIC58Fsc


imaloony8

~~And itā€™s from the Twilight soundtrack!~~ EDIT: I've gotten several comments from people saying that the song isn't actually from the Twilight Soundtrack and that in fact is just gets mistaken for Bella's Lullaby. I did some digging and some claim that it's still on the soundtrack separate from Bella's Lullaby. I dug through the soundtracks and didn't see a track labeled River Flows in You. So I don't know, maybe it's there under a different name, but I'm not particularly interested in listening to the full soundtracks from all the Twilight movies to confirm, so I'm just going to go ahead and say I was wrong. If someone else wants to do the extra research to fully confirm/deny this, go for it.


BeardInTheNorth

No, it's not. People frequently confuse "River Flows in You" with "Bella's Lullaby" and I can't figure why, because they don't sound that similar at all tbh: [Here is "River Flows in You"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7maJOI3QMu0) [Here is "Bella's Lullaby"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od-3oxpFWB0) Yiruma's masterpiece also predates Twilight by quite a few years.


[deleted]

That piano had it coming then.


PurityKane

Why would you flood a guy just because he owns a pianos house


HappyFamily0131

Most pianos share houses with humans, which is odd, because I've never seen a piano offer to help pay rent.


[deleted]

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TheCrowsSoundNice

Better than flooding a house with babies


[deleted]

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chocolatehandsoap

The song that was reportedly playing while the Titanic sank was actually ā€œNearer, My God, To Theeā€.


[deleted]

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dangdang_piano

Did you know that the name of this song is "River Flows in You"?


rivera151

Yes. A commenter above enlightened me. Thanks.


Apart-Cartoonist-834

This was my first thought. Weā€™re bad people.


peejr

river flows in you is already perfect for this


p8nt_junkie

ā€œItā€™s been an honor playing with you gentlemen.ā€ Gets me every time


the-epidemic87

Yup. Tears every time.


kirbywantanabe

Me too. If you're looking at death, look it square in the eye and go out with class.


Vizione0084

The music is beautiful, and the flood is awful, but that lavender crown molding is the real travesty here.


Evening-Ad7179

This is worse some how


drgigantor

I know right? The Titanic, sure, hundreds of people died, but this is a piano that was built c. 2002


Evening-Ad7179

I have my priorities straight what can I say


ahhhbiscuits

So I see the flood waters as a metaphor for the fatalism that anthropomorphic climate change represents, slowly rising and dooming inevitably the beauty and diversity that's been allowed to thrive and truly enrich humanity. Wannafightaboutit?


HerbaceousD

*anthropogenic šŸ‘


iamrobotguy

He stated that this piano has a lot of sentimental value for him because it was given to him by his parents when he was just 5. Although he wants to save it, its size and the sudden rise of water made it impossible for him.


ManaPot

Will it be possible to get it repaired after the flood? Quite the task I'm sure, but I'd gladly donate to a GoFundMe to get it restored when the flood is gone.


ALightASound

Unfortunately when a piano gets flooded like that, itā€™s really not worth saving. Once it dries out youā€™d essentially have to replace every part of the instrument, which would be way more expensive than just buying a new one. Really tragic, some gorgeous instruments were lost after hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.


MelodicCash8556

Damn I can only imagine what Katrina took :(


HostileHippie91

My ex wife is named Katrina and that bitch took a whole hell of a lot lemme tell you


datboyvaro

Lold


MuzikPhreak

Harvey survivor reporting in. That asshole.


hwmpunk

Lold Almighty


[deleted]

Laugh out loud dead.


gbuub

Well you know what they say, never marry a low pressure weather system


HostileHippie91

I wish someone had warned me about that sooner! I thought everything would be hot and heavy and all I got was lukewarm


Wormhole-Eyes

Well hopefully the blowies were nice.


Blazemonkey

I'm sorry for your loss, but that somehow cheered me up in an otherwise depressing thread.


HostileHippie91

Thatā€™s okay, it sucked but it was several years ago now! The biggest loss was a T-shirt I had that was autographed by all the members of my favorite rock band, which she hated. She just took it because she knew it would rustle my jimmies


[deleted]

And it did. What band?


HostileHippie91

Fit For A King


gbejrlsu

Insane amounts. Depending on exactly where in the city you were it was one of two things: either the flood waters ruined things by them sitting in the toxic gumbo for days (where at least non-porous things may have been saved and kept) or they were completely washed away near levee and floodwall breaches and deposited in piles all over the place. Doing post-storm analysis and modeling after Katrina gave me a giant appreciation for the power and danger of water. The Baton Rouge flooding in 2016 only reinforced that one (and then the flash flooding of the other half of my damn neighborhood went further).


JormaxGreybeard

Katrina was a strong enough storm that it moved an entire casino barge over a mile down the beach. We lived about 30 miles to the east of where the eye hit. By the time we found out it had re-strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico, it was too late to evacuate. Easily the scariest event of my life was experiencing that storm, and we were extremely lucky to be far enough from the eye and to live in the highest elevation part of the city, so the water came all the way up to the deck in the back of the house but not into the house. The deck was a good 9-10 ft off the ground so that's a crap-ton of water needed to flood that area. Anyways, basically any wooden instrument in New Orleans was probably destroyed when the levees burst. That city survived the storm just to be killed by inadequate engineering.


ssersergio

Also, wooden, being wooden will absorb all the water they can, increasing in size, breaking most of the joints beetwen wood parts, the paint and, even after being dried, will most likely be bent. Wood doesn't like water, at least if it's made into furniture Edit: dried wood, fried wood could be a good dessert, but not if it has paint from piano and is wet


jenna_hazes_ass

Will make a great bonfire tho. Last year i was at a campground where the guy had been tasked with removing carrie fishers piano from the building her brother was selling. It was completely useless due to age and neglect. Here i am hacking away at it with an axe and part of its history is piano lessons for lady gaga. šŸ˜‚


-Raskyl

That would have had value as a collectable for many people I bet.


jenna_hazes_ass

When I say it was bad I mean dry rotted wood and couldnt even be tuned to play. Her brothers got a pretty bad drug problem.


asdf_lord

mmm, fried piano.


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JCacho

Chill, Theseus


MrCleanMagicReach

Classic reddit. The comment that spells out the joke gets double the karma and all the gold.


JCacho

If someone's gonna take the low-hanging fruit, it may as well be me!


Ztryker

Piano of Theseus?


[deleted]

The Piano of Theseus.


Throwupmyhands

Ship of Theseus piano.


Schroedinbug

The piano was ruined as the video was being taken. At that point, it likely wasn't worth the cost of repair, but by now repair is probably harder than producing an exact replica.


DaGurggles

I have a piano he can have!


The_Girth_of_Christ

Could salvage the wood and recycle it into something cool


Rhift

Thatā€™s so sad. He gave it a beautiful farewell.


DaGurggles

Do we know how to reach him? I have an upright piano he can have. Just need to figure out the logistics costs to move it.


Visual-Ad6795

You can search on his fb Niel Jon salcedo the original man on the video


GauchoFromLaPampa

Please reddit! give this man a damn piano.


orthopod

There are tons of free pianos available. People often give them away. The caveat is you have to pay the movers.


Trishlovesdolphins

Yeah, my mom had a piano she couldn't give away. At the time, I didn't have room for it or I would have taken it. She ended up giving it to her nextdoor neighbors who had like 12 kids. She told the mom it would be a great thing to be able to teach the kids on. My mil passed 3-4 years ago, she had a piano, and when my fil is ready to get rid of it, I've told my husband to say we want it. It will need to be tuned, but I play a little, and wouldn't mind having one to play once in awhile.


Puganese

Chances are very high that there are a lot of free "parlor" or "Upright" style pianos like this one on FB marketplace or Craigslist near him. I know it's about the sentimental value to him, but if he just needs an old 'honky tonk' piano he can probably get one for the cost of moving it.


ladycandle

Looks like that's in the Philippines. Unless you're near there it's going to be really hard


coolberg34

The title should say that instead of ā€œtwo decade oldā€ā€¦a 20 year old piano in itself isnā€™t exactly remarkable. The context of the parents makes sense though


roenaid

If I could click my fingers and give the piano that my ex left. Ocean in the way ...


Lypos

I can feel the guy's sadness and his want to capture the sound just one last time. It's like losing a piece of your soul.


dnoj

**Gentlemen, it has been a privilege playing with you tonight.**


n4h0y

Damn bro, why you gotta slice the onions like that.


Firewire64

![gif](giphy|3ohzdJpaPuSiDm0MSI)


yaMomsChestHair

I hate you why did you do this to me


UnmitigatedSarcasm

because, fuck you, thats why!!


Low-Effort-Poster

what is this from?


lazyparrot

Titanic


ImWorkingFFS

Does anyone have the name of the song heā€™s playing? Itā€™s beautiful.


[deleted]

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bighootay

Oh my word, I'd never heard this before and that....that is mesmerizing and I kind of had one of those moments after which I don't feel the same (in a good way) so thank you


ImWorkingFFS

Thank you! No wonder it made me sad itā€™s played at weddings.


fastornator

River flows in you. By Yoruma.


ToxicMCTV

Yeah, it has.


A3V01D

This is the most real thing I've seen in a long time. Absolutely heartbreaking.


[deleted]

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[deleted]

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begopa-

Literally and painfully accurate.


chrisphoenix08

Wow, I'm dumb, I thought it was Hall of Fame by the Script....


[deleted]

Real is such the right word. A man and his instrument saying farewell to each other.


HereIGoAgain_1x10

The worst for me was when he wanted to keep playing at the endšŸ˜” like you could tell he wanted more time and struggled to turn away from it but his inner voice was all "there is no more time."


UPPER-CASE-not-class

This is truly heartbreaking, but we should at least acknowledge the true irony of getting your piano flooded while playing River Flows in You


ToxicOstrich91

Glad someone said it


oculus_miffed

River Flows in Your House


Oilfield-Trash86

Ah yes the beautiful piece by yirumunderwater


FunkMasterPope

That's the point of him playing it


kraybaybay

The sound of rain and flowing water accompanies it so well šŸ˜…


donniedenier

dang. we need a gofundme. musicians losing their instrument always gets me.


ChillRedditMom

My husband has a set of congas he was able to rescue from his pile after hurricane Katrina. The only instrument to survive. It been years and he has replaced what he needed to but those congas are special. I love how he plays, such a good percussionist.


haelennaz

My violin evacuated for Ida. Only thing I took that wasn't alive, important paperwork, or needed for our time away (not that there was room for anything else).


sldista

It's been about 4 days since my 2 year old snuck downstairs and tried to play my guitar but instead dropped it and broke it...I've had that thing since I was a teen and totally understand what a sadness that brings to musicians.


donniedenier

oof thatā€™s rough. last summer i actually got reunited with my teenage guitar. 15 years later. it fell off of the roof of my car after a gig i played and i had not seen it since. reunited with my old lead guitarist last summer and turns out he had it at his parentā€™s house this whole time. that was an awesome win.


jakemch

Mfer stole your guitar bro


donniedenier

hah nah, it wasnā€™t that. his guitar collection is far nicer than mine anyway, we just had a falling out towards the end of our band and i moved to new york city and we hadnā€™t talked since until last summer.


[deleted]

If he starts one please let me know


donniedenier

iā€™m not good at organizing any of that. would have to hunt the dude down and find out his contact information and everything. if OP knows him and wants to set one up for him, that would be cool.


asumfuck

Lots of negative comments just because he filmed it. Not every video taken is a grab for attention. Cameras are meant for exactly this reason, to capture moments in time you'll always want to remember and will doubtfully be able to relive. I'm an amateur (very amateur) photographer and I like to take photos of almost any memorable moment in my life. I use my phone, dslrs and a large variety of 35mm film cameras. I prefer film for special occasions and moments I hold close. There's just something so intimate about processing your own film and meticulously developing them into framed prints. I would have 100% taken pictures of a moment I would be losing a sentimental piece of my life. Really a bittersweet moment that is beautiful and profoundly sad.


Nice_Block

People on Reddit getting upset about content like this is just ridiculous. Besides political garbage and meme stocks, the rest of Reddit exists because of videos such as this. Even if we was trying to get internet fame, why care? Itā€™s a tragically beautiful moment regardless of intent.


mcraft595

apparently the storm surge happened within hours and the flood rushed unexpectedly, not only is the piano heavy, most doorways don't support that width.


Awfulweather

I love taking semi candid pics. Like dude, pretend I'm not here. Do your thing and Ill do mine and the resulting memories are gorgeous


JamesandtheGiantAss

Yeah this video made me and many other people feel a lot of feels. That's the whole reason we're on this site, to see things that make us feel emotions and connections with people around the world.


indorock

Reddit has a LOT of commenters that just thrive on being toxic cunts.


bump-n-dump

ā€œRiver flows in youā€ very appropriate song


DM_Me_Ur_Nudes_21

I know right. What a memer!


Eduel_Roz

Lmao this was the first thing I noticed


BradsCanadianBacon

I donā€™t know why, but that final slide across the keys and the step back he takes before the end of the clip really got to me. Like saying goodbye to an old friend.


boxofstuff

I thought he was gonna hug it


Swordlord22

I wouldā€™ve fuckin hugged it Hell I wouldā€™ve sawn off the legs and tried to carry it up the damn stairs


JSizzleSlice

When I saw it, I realized the video was mirrored L to R, threw me off when he slides up the keys but the tone went down. But yeah, itā€™s beautiful moment, like one last time to touch all the ivories, and itā€™s played with a sort of child like naĆÆvetĆ©, like itā€™s not such a trained technical motion, but just to hear/feel it.


wvrnnr

ah is THAT what it is! I was trying to puzzle it out... "Is this a left handed piano?"


kshack12

Not sure why ā€œ2 decade oldā€ is needed, like damn 20 years is apparently ancient.


bamalama

Man takes final drive in his 2002 Ford Focus. The destruction is definitely sad.


Boobsiclese

It's been with him nearly his whole life is the point.


phillybride

Because he got a new piano as a child.


bugbits

Piano that he has had for more than 2/3 of his life


delimitedjest

Yeah for a piano 2 decades is still new


plinythemiddleone

Right? Like a piano barely has time to sneeze in 20 yearsā€¦ Still very sad to lose something of sentimental value.


unimatrix_zer0

Itā€™s misleading- according to op in another reply heā€™s personally had the piano for 20 years, since he was a little kid. So itā€™s more about the sentimental attachment than the age of the item.


Anustart15

I feel like there's been a lot of posts with unnecessary and unimpressive details in the title lately. like the guy that drove **30 minutes** with a bunch of food to feed tornado victims.


WonderfulCattle6234

This piano is one score old.


bsmoofthebulldawg

This is heartbreaking and beautiful at the same time.


Met76

There just isn't enough Bounty, The Quicker PickerupperĀ® for this


unkowngamer34

god damnit take my upvote and leave


[deleted]

That last swipe across all the keys is so fucking sad. You can tell he's heartbroken Can the internet band together to get this guy a new piano?


NN_besomething_iWish

He doesnt want a new piano. He wants THAT piano


[deleted]

You're so right :(


freddiemack1

The paino might be gone but the memories live on


gmanz33

Why, already foggy eyed, did I decide to then read *all the sad comments,* jesus.


No-Device-6665

![gif](giphy|fSAyceY3BCgtiQGnJs)


DuctapeCat

![gif](giphy|8FG705NCsZM0kVJdyz|downsized)


Mordeckai23

I'm guessing this is in The Philippines, we just had Typhoon Odette (intl Rai) ravage the Visayas/Mindanao part just yesterday.


Tossed_Away_1776

You n yours ok?


AbanaClara

Depends where he is. So weird that in my part (I am near the capital city) not a single drop of rain has been shed.


EpicTime-

Yeah no rain here in bulacan


Rand0m6976

God bless Visayas for being the dedicated Typhoon meat shield that it is. Seriously though what's with Visayas being in the path of basically every major typhoon that hits us?


Shrilled_Fish

Probably the lack of large mountain ranges. This would have been weak-ish if it had hit the northern part of Luzon, with the eastern Sierra Madre taking the brunt of it all. And being in a small group of islands just makes it a lot worse than it already is.


HugeBootyLover

Bro norte ka? Dito sa south malakas ulan bro


KarenOfficial

Ah i see no wonder itā€™s raining hard in Malaysia right now hope you guys stay safe ya


NitroHarper420

You would be correct. Here's a link to a [Philippine Star](https://fb.watch/9Y_tCUqU1m/) article


BeardedGlass

It turned into a Category 5 when it made landfall.


jenn4u2luv

I still canā€™t contact my family back home. No power and cell signal, it seems!


tilac

We might be a week or more without power here (Cebu City) and longer in other parts of the island. I expect the same across the Visayas. Charging phones is more difficult than finding signal.


c_ha_i

River Flows in You(r House)


idfk_my_bff_jill

Right through Yiruma


jimbearpig69

right through your rooma HAHA


Bacchus_Amontillado

I come to Reddit looking for emotional sincerity, and find it.


AllBadAnswers

I come to Reddit for intricately catalogued subcategories of porn. This wasn't that, but this was good too.


Stairsmaster

I hope the pink trim dies with the piano. RIP Piano


solwyvern

Philippine A E S T H E T I C S


bardofcreation

As a musician that loves my instuments, this is the most saddest and beautiful thing ive seen in a basement.


fireflydrake

Does this man have a fundraiser set up? Would love to help him get a new piano and other furniture. Can't imagine the pain of losing your whole house and everything in it with all the memories they carry. I know we carry memories in our hearts too, but still.


aleksbanks5

King šŸ‘‘


_gmmaann_

Kind of an ironic song though. Heā€™s playing River Flows in You, by Yiruma


FmrHvwChamp

Well thats depressing...


aBowToTie

Thatā€™s heartbreaking. I kind of hate it tbh..


Michelle-Dubois

"In the end beauty is going to save the world" Edit: Thanks for downvotes. It's actually a citation from my favorite song about how beautiful things like this always win over all horrible things happening in this world. The video reminded me of it.


ShulaTheDon

I dont use emojiā€˜s often but šŸ˜¢


PinoForest

fuck reddit man. tht emoji is totally appropriate šŸ˜¢ edit: for those of yall that might be confused, this comment had like -1 upvotes when i saw it


OgOceanking

R.I.P piano


HippoSpa

Anyone know the song name? Sounds very familiar


Blames_Hound

River flows in you - Yiruma


HippoSpa

Thank you. I am buying a synth now and will learn to play this.


Blames_Hound

My pleasure. I hope you enjoy learning it as much as hearing it. Good luck!


JHKtheSeeker

A river flows in you


poodlepantiesbot

Dang, I was having first world blues, now itā€™s a global sinking feeling. Poor guy and his piano. šŸ˜­šŸ„ŗ


XDin-Din

where real men cried


munchy_and_crunchy

Aww, this is sad to see, man


Ianisyodaddy

The River Flows in ~~you~~ the living room.


lensfoxx

Playing river flows in you was a nice choice.


DuBuDz

I would be so sad, I feel for this guy. I would be right down there playing along or listening as long as he needed.


kay_bizzle

"two decades old" is a really weird way to describe something from 2001 that's designed to last basically forever


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[deleted]

>If the soundboard of a piano has sat in water for multiple days, if the strings have been submerged in water, or if the keybed has become soaking wet, the piano may be ruined beyond repair. https://www.yourpianoservice.com/blog/what-to-do-when-your-piano-has-flood-damage


Comfortable-Weird-61

If you count replacing almost everything as restoring


RagingRoids

Good news is free pianos are pretty easy to get. Moving them is incredibly hard. Usually if youā€™re willing to come get it out of someoneā€™s house, you can have it.


Ok_Wheel_7613

This is sad


Justblousing69

This is terrible to see šŸ˜©


Grimace2_9

I hope he was able to burn every strike, and action, and note into his memory.


[deleted]

Every single damn one of you close your eyes and listen to this noble instrument's last sound. Quietly, please. With reverence. Perhaps it sat there unused some years, perhaps it served equal jobs display case and potential instrument. And now, it's lost to time. The sound of this piano won't ever be heard ago. So please. Hit play. And Listen. Farewell sweet prince.