Baker House Piano Drop
1972 marked the beginning of an ongoing tradition at MIT, the “Baker House Piano Drop”. During my undergraduate education at MIT starting in 1981, I never once experienced this phenomenon for myself… Only having heard rumors about its occurrence, it made no great impression on me till recently when I began researching for historical references that may be of relevance to the execution of The Piano Game. Interestingly despite all the recorded instances of the “Baker House Piano Drop”, I was unable to find any reference confirming it had been performed with a Grand Piano, the only records that exist are those where a “stand-up” type piano was used, and usually a broken one at that.
