I understand a Harmonica being stolen, even a Tambourine, I could also accept a violin, but how does someone steal a Grand Piano from a New York City apartment? If nothing else, it’s certainly a scenario that puts the “I did’t see anything” defense on it’ s face. Yet, if you ask South Korean music prodigy, Dong Hyek Lim, 28, how a Grand Piano gets stolen, he will tell you, because according to papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, it happened to him.
According to classical pianist, Dong Hyek Lim : He rented his Trump Park apartment to a “Byungyung Kim” in December 2012 , and when he returned in January the Grand piano was not there. Lim believes a crook posing as a sub tenant swiped the instrument and tried to sell it based on erroneous ownership representation. One has to wonder whether the alleged thief put the Yamaha under his arm or maybe in a bag? Let’s face it, it’s a Grand Piano. Did someone not see anything?
As with any missing and presumed stolen Grand Piano, Lim did what anyone would do when they are the victim of grand theft piano and went to the police.
Thanks to NYPD, the piano was tracked to a company called Amadeus Piano and now the court is being asked to decide who actually owns the 140 grand, grand. Key evidence in this case will presumably be the keys themselves and Lim is no doubt eager to settle the score and get his Grand home soon.
