daveleo Posted January 15, 2011 Share #1 Posted January 15, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Every year, one of the engineering courses at MIT (probably a noise or acoustics class), tosses a real, live piano of a roof and they record the sounds it makes when it crashes. I don't think that any student has ever cut that particular day in class. Here is one piano, displayed in their museum. . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ezc203 Posted January 15, 2011 Share #2 Posted January 15, 2011 Oh the things that are done in the name of science. I bet they demand for it to be a Steinway too huh? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauledell Posted January 15, 2011 Share #3 Posted January 15, 2011 Dave, A fine shot of the advances in science. I hope the piano was in tune so the results of the piano toss were musically good too. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.j.z Posted January 18, 2011 Share #4 Posted January 18, 2011 Oh the things that are done in the name of science. I bet they demand for it to be a Steinway too huh? The piano on the photo in the background shows that it is from the famous ACME company - apparently they could not find any piano manufacturer to sponsor the event Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveleo Posted January 18, 2011 Author Share #5 Posted January 18, 2011 although I worked with lots of MIT engineers, I never visited their museum before. Very geekish-exciting stuff they have been involved in over the decades . . . . very. then we had lunch at the Cafe Luna (recommended by me ) and my son talked the owner into looking at some of my photos to hang there Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bateleur Posted January 27, 2011 Share #6 Posted January 27, 2011 Love the idea of the event ... makes me think of the ultimate in comedy the Goons and their episode Napoleon's piano The Goon Show Site - Script - Napoleon's Piano (Series 6, Episode 4) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglouis Posted February 2, 2011 Share #7 Posted February 2, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Dave, great shot, I remember going that museum a few years back and being especially amused by the campus Police car they disassembled and reassembled on the roof of the main building. LouisB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Monkhouse Posted February 3, 2011 Share #8 Posted February 3, 2011 excellent shot, well seen and executed... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveleo Posted February 3, 2011 Author Share #9 Posted February 3, 2011 Dave, great shot, I remember going that museum a few years back and being especially amused by the campus Police car they disassembled and reassembled on the roof of the main building. LouisB actually, now that you mention it, I did not see an exhibit about the police car . . . excellent place to spend an hour or two (if you are into geek-ish things) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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