Biscayne Bay Piano
A U.S. Coast Guard boat passes near a grand piano on a sandbar in Biscayne Bay, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 in Miami. The piano recently showed up on the ...
A U.S. Coast Guard boat passes near a grand piano on a sandbar in Biscayne Bay, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 in Miami. The piano recently showed up on the sandbar, about 200 yards from condominiums on the shore. The piano, which weighs at least 650 pounds, was placed at the highest spot along the sandbar so it doesn't get underwater during high tide. While officials aren't sure how it got there, they know it won't be going anywhere unless it becomes a hazard to wildlife or boaters. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
APTOPIX Miami Bay Piano
A U.S. Coast Guard boat passes near a grand piano on a sandbar in Biscayne Bay, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 in Miami. The piano recently showed up on the ...
A U.S. Coast Guard boat passes near a grand piano on a sandbar in Biscayne Bay, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011 in Miami. The piano recently showed up on the sandbar, about 200 yards from condominiums on the shore. While officials aren't sure how it got there, they know it won't be going anywhere unless it becomes a hazard to wildlife or boaters. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Miami Bay Piano
Freelance photographer Karla Murray of New York photographs a grand piano that recently appeared on a sandbar in Biscayne Bay, Miami, Wednesday, Jan....
Freelance photographer Karla Murray of New York photographs a grand piano that recently appeared on a sandbar in Biscayne Bay, Miami, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. Whoever put the piano there placed it at the highest point of the sandbar so that it�s not underwater during high tide. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
Miami-Bay Piano
Nicholas Harrington, 16, poses on a dock in his back yard, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011 in Miami. Harrington, who said that he was looking to boost his ar...
Nicholas Harrington, 16, poses on a dock in his back yard, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011 in Miami. Harrington, who said that he was looking to boost his art school application, took a bow Thursday for being the one behind the grand piano that mysteriously showed up on a sandbar in Miami's Biscayne Bay. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Miami-Bay Piano
In this Jan. 2, 2011 photo provided by Nicholas Harrington, Julian Kolevris-Roots, 18, is shown sitting at a piano on a sandbar in Miami's Biscayne B...
In this Jan. 2, 2011 photo provided by Nicholas Harrington, Julian Kolevris-Roots, 18, is shown sitting at a piano on a sandbar in Miami's Biscayne Bay. Harrington, a 16-year-old looking to boost his college application, says he is responsible for putting a grand piano on a Biscayne Bay sandbar. (AP Photo/Nicholas Harrington)
Wildlife officials have warned the teenager who put a baby grand piano on a Miami sandbar that he must remove it within 24 hours.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Jorge Pino said Thursday that 16-year-old Nicholas Harrington and his parents could face felony dumping charges if the piano isn't removed. Pino says an officer has warned the family.
On Jan. 2, Harrington, his older brother Andrew and two neighbors lifted the instrument, which had been trashed during a holiday party, onto the family's boat and took it out on Biscayne Bay. There, they left it on the highest spot along a sandbar.
Pino says officials know that the teen was trying to express his artistic side, but he says the teen should have gotten the correct permits.
