The strange case of the Piano Man just highlights what the human mind is capable of doing.

BBC NEWS | UK | Fantastic response to ‘piano man’

The man has not said a word since police picked him up wandering the streets of Sheerness, Kent, in a soaking wet suit and tie on 7 April.

The man’s talent came to light after staff at the Medway Maritime Hospital gave him a pen and paper in the hope he would write his name.

Instead the patient, dubbed The Piano Man, drew very detailed pictures of a grand piano.

The man shocked staff with a performance of classical music after Mr Camp showed him the piano in the hospital’s chapel.

Mr Camp said: “When we took him to the chapel piano it really was amazing. He has not spoken since the day we picked him up.

“He does not make any sounds but I think I can communicate with him through tiny nods.”

The man has since written music, which has been verified as genuine.

Mr Camp added: “It is extraordinary. The first time we took him down to the piano he played for several hours, non-stop.”

Several lines of inquiry have been followed, and the hospital brought in interpreters to see if the mystery patient was from Eastern Europe.

He is now being held in a secure mental health unit in north Kent while an assessment is carried out. Mr Camp said he was “extremely distressed” and may have suffered a trauma.

Let’s hope it’s solved soon. Somwhere people must be worried about such a talented man.