Toronto police are hunting for three men in connection with the brazen daytime theft of an expensive baby grand piano from Toronto General Hospital.

Police say two men went to the fourth floor of the hospital’s Peter Munk Wing at about 1 p.m. on July 14 and allegedly loaded a Boston Steinway Baby Grand Piano — worth upwards of $27,000 — onto a dolly. They then allegedly moved the piano to a white Ford cargo-style van where a third man helped them lift it onto the vehicle.

Todd Milne, head of security at Toronto General Hospital, said hospital employees asked the suspects what they were doing with the piano, but left them alone after they explained it was going for some musical servicing.

"No one would ever expect someone to steal a piano," he said.

"Of course if you know anything about pianos you know the tuners go to the piano, the piano doesn't go to them," Milne added.

The hulking piano, which the hospital has had since May 2006, was used for weekly performances by various professional piano players.

Milnes added that the hospital didn't realize the prized piano was gone until four days later, just before one of the scheduled live music shows was set to take place.

June Pierotti, a senior public affairs adviser at the hospital, said the black piano was taken from the DeGasperis Conservatory, which is separate from patient units on the fourth floor of the Peter Munk Wing.

“[The DeGasperis Conservatory] is an area where patients and staff can just go and sit and there are also concerts there that are for any patients,” Pierotti said.

Ada Chen, the operations manager at Steinway Piano Gallery in Toronto said that Boston Steinway Baby Grand Pianos are between five and seven feet long and can weigh anywhere from 700 to 900 lbs. depending on the specific model.

The suspects are described as being two 25-year-old white males and one 25-year-old black male.

With files from The Canadian Press