Talk:Andreas Grassl

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"...can only express himself through playing the piano"

Not so: as evidenced in the article, he can also express himself by sketching. Can anyone reword? I'm too tired ;-) — Matt Crypto 02:45, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Tomas Strnad

Here's an article that may be worth looking at: http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=642025 —Teklund 12:30, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Piano playing ability

The 6 o'clock news on Radio 4 today said that staff at the hospital had denied the claims made in the Mirror that the his piano playing ability had been exaggerated. Jooler 20:35, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Something's wrong here...

"Andreas Grassl (born October 25, 1984)..."

"BBC News reported on 29 May 2005 that a Czech musician called Klaudius Kryšpín, the drummer of a famous Czech rock band Pražský výběr ("Prague Selection"), had rung the helpline, offering information that Piano Man may be a pianist called Tomáš Strnad, who along with Mr Kryšpín was a member of the tribute band Ropotamo in the 1980s."

If Grassl was born in 1984, how could he play piano in a tribute band in 1980s (the man was 5 years old in 1989)? Yes, this theory was proved to be wrong, but why taking it seriously if it had such an obvious contradiction? --Dijxtra 12:04, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

While the Piano Man was still unidentified, estimates of his age were quite uncertain. I haven't re-checked the sources, but I think some said he might be in his thirties. I agree it's still a strange theory, but never the less, it made it into the media, and this article is about the media coverage, as much as it is about the young man himself.--Niels Ø 14:23, 1 June 2006 (UTC)