MIT throws the 50th piano from the roof of the residence hall
by: Online Piano Atlas - The "Baker House Piano Drop," a tradition that involves pushing a piano off the roof of the Baker House dormitory hall on campus, recently celebrated its 50th anniversary at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge.
According to Donner, no working pianos were harmed in the commemoration of this lighthearted tradition. Pianos used at the event, she explained, "are all broken and beyond repair."
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