MIAMI — The rumors can stop swirling: The baby-grand piano that turned up on a Miami sandbar was put there by a TV designer’s teenage son who said Thursday he hoped the idea might help him get into a prestigious art school.
And now, the instrument has been removed. John Nicholson of Biscayne Towing and Salvage couldn’t give other details. Florida wildlife officials had wanted it gone within 24 hours — or else the teen and his parents could have faced felony dumping charges.
Nicholas Harrington, 16, said he wanted to leave his artistic mark on Miami’s seascape as the artist Christo did in the early 1980s when he draped 11 small islands with hot pink fabric. “I wanted to create a whimsical, surreal experience. It’s out of the everyday for the boater,” he said.
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