No, the students won because they had a cheap piano and the techs had an expensive piano. The cheap piano fell apart with just a couple of blows from a sledge hammer. The glue joints of the expensive piano were so good it took a lot more time to break them apart. It was most cathartic. Newton Kristinn Leifsson wrote: > > Dear List, > > I believe there was once a competition between some university students and > a group of piano techs which involved getting a moderately sized piano > through a hole approximately 50 or 60cm to all sides(yeah, just convert it > you Yanks out there). > > This probably entailed a chainsaw, a hacksaw, an impact drill etc. > > I think the students won because the techs were a little bit too methodical > whereas the students just totally destroyed it. > > Kristinn Leifsson > Reykjavík, Iceland > >
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