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Nancy Drew: Message in a Haunted Mansion Hints

What should I play on the piano?

  • 1 of 12: Have you found any written music?
  • 2 of 12: This special musical piece was written down and locked away.
  • 3 of 12: Look in the Attic inside the old secretary.
  • 4 of 12: Play portions of "The Bandit's Treasure" on the piano.
  • 5 of 12: Two books in the library concern music and notes.  It might help to go back there and look at those books again.
  • 6 of 12: Write the first line of music on a piece of paper.
  • 7 of 12: Using the books "Theory of Music" and "History of the Piano," record what each note means.
  • 8 of 12: In order from left to right, the notes are B, D, D, E, D, B, G, A, B, B, A, G, A.
  • 9 of 12: You will only need five notes.  The important ones are a little darker than the rest and are outlined a little with an oval.
  • 10 of 12: The highlighted notes are B, E, G, A, G.
  • 11 of 12: On the piano, the playable keys from left to right are DEFGABCD
  • 12 of 12: Play BEGAG on the piano.  This Piano Puzzle Illustration also shows the solution very clearly.