OK, this is fucking crazy: $43,000 piano with an internet connection (that’s the entry model, by the way).

This monstrosity, the Yamaha Disklavier Mark IV, is a player piano with a twist—24-hour continuous playing via subscription service. That’s right, plug in the ethernet cord and this lil’ bastard will download and play tunes continuously, all year long. There are also disks of karaoke songs you can buy.

Now, I can imagine it in a hotel bar (although it’s sad a pianist is losing a job) but picture it in some rich asshole’s house at a party. My god…

Say you picked up a free piano on craigslist, I wonder how much it’d cost to hire round-the-clock players. At your house. To play, even when you’re not home. Or asleep. Jesus. HA!

Screw it, I’m getting one. It’s gone to kill my credit and take up most of my apartment, but good luck getting this sucker back down my twisted staircase after we get it in. Actually, to watch this goddamn thing get delivered up here only to have the repo guy have to bring it back done would alone be worth the price of admission (read: damage to my already poor credit).