Item #: SCP-3000-1
Object class: Euclid
Containment procedures: SCP:3000-1 is to be contained within a vault that is to be locked at all times. All personnel operating in the vault with SCP-3000-1 are to wear a full Kevlar body suit at least 7 cm in thickness at all times. All Foundation personnel who are operating in the vault with SPC-3000-1 are never to come in direct contact with the object unless wearing the aforementioned body suit. [See Appendix I]
Object Description: SCP-3000-1 takes the shape and appearance of an 18[ ] player piano commonly found in old saloons of that time period. It stands 76.2 cm tall, 110 cm long, 48 cm deep and weighs aprox. 199 kg. It's casing appears to be made out of a dark stained oak wood with pits, stains, cracks, scratches and dents over its surface, the keys appear to be made from [DATA EXPUNGED]. In the center of the upright frame is a player piano reel complete with a piano reel inserted that cannot be removed, altered or touched.
Upon further examination of SPC-3000-1, some of the wear marks look to be quite new and created within the last [ ] years. When played SCP-3000-1 appears out of tune, when a new 'life force' has been consumed the piano seems to play in perfect tune. [See Appendix I]
SCP-3000-1 was found in an old warehouse covered in a white canvas fabric located in [ ] Nevada on [ ]/[ ]/[ ] by an antique specialist Mr. [ ]. Mr. [ ] uncovered said object and [DATA EXPUNGED]. His whereabouts are unknown and he is presumed dead.
Appendix I: If any direct contact with any SCP:3000-x objects without a 7cm thick Kevlar body suit will result in the object 'injecting' metal string like appendages into the person, forcing them to play the object. All notes are hypothesized to that when played by any SCP-3000-x, they sound out of tune. The object, as it forces persons to play, steals their 'life force' until it consumes the person completely, after SCP-3000-x consumes the being it then plays in tune. [SEE DOC 12 ATTACHED] All direct contact with SPC:-3000-1 and all other SPC:3000 objects if found is prohibited by anyone by law of Article XIV hereby active on [ ]/[ ]/[ ] [DATA EXPUNGED].
Appendix II: There are believed to be more than one instrument in the SCP-3000 family and each subsequent object found will be labeled thus SCP-3000-x. Incidents of instruments of the string family 'eating the players' have been reported to the local authorities but no further actions into the cases have been pursued.
Document 12: I believe that SCP-3000-1 and all other subsequent SCP:3000's steal one's life forces, that 'chi', 'chakra' and other bodily energies that various religions and cultures believe in. By doing so it seems to then consume the person until they [DATA EXPUNGED] The object appears to gain a new mark in its surface for each life it consumes. Testing with D-Class personnel have confirmed this. It also appears that SCP:3000-1 sounds out of tune when played but when it consumes a 'life force' of any kind the situation is remedied and it sounds perfectly in tune for approx. [ ] days. All reasons to why this happens are being examined in testing procedures, more D-Class personnel are being used for testing.
~Dr. [ ]