Traveling musician with piano attached to bike crashes in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A trip up a steep San Francisco hill ended badly for a traveling pianist from Germany.

Davide Martello had a piano hitched to his bike before it crashed near Fisherman's Wharf.

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Martello shared these photos on Instagram saying, "San Francisco your roads were too steep I busted my piano really bad."

Martello has played all over the world, including Paris in 2015 after the deadly terror attacks.

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Martello brought Parisians together for a moment of peace by playing John Lennon's "Imagine" outside Bataclan Theatre.

He was hoping to play in San Francisco's Pier 35 on April 3 until he wrecked his piano.

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Martello received a special surprise from an East Bay piano shop-- a used bench and piano.