Watch a refuse worker play the beautiful last notes on this abandoned piano

27 April 2016, 15:17 | Updated: 27 April 2016, 15:30

When a piano arrives at the tip where you work, what’s the best thing to do? If you’re this guy, you just play it.

An employee at a North Shields recycling centre hammers out some emotional chords on an abandoned piano before its fate is sealed, in this video posted to YouTube over the weekend:

As the cameraman gets closer to the anonymous pianist, he says, “Told you I knew how to play.”