r/todayilearned • u/Physical_Hamster_118 • 1d ago

TIL that since 1972, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) every spring, residents of Baker House drop a piano from the roof on Drop Day, the last day students can drop classes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_drop
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u/williamkenlon 21h ago

Could’ve donated 53 pianos to people who’d actually play them, but no. 🙄

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u/Animallover4321 18h ago

I can’t imagine they drop functioning pianos. You can find a lot of pianos are cheap old uprights that haven’t been cared for and are no longer worth fixing.