Who would push a 360-kilogram piano through the streets of downtown Toronto every day, and why? Sebastian Brown does it for the love of music and, with help from his friends, hauls an upright piano some four kilometres to the corner of Bay and Front streets, where he plays honky-tonk for passersby.

Brown says the daily trips are "a little bit tricky" but worth the effort, in part because the piano gets people's attention.

"A lot more people mention the piano than they do the music," Brown said. "I've seen people playing electric pianos that don't get much more attention than any other street performer."

Brown's admirers seem to agree.

"It's pretty incredible he can lug it across town," said pedestrian Jason Libenson "I think it's phenomenal and shows he has a lot of passion."