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Will a Piano Sink or Swim?
By Ed Berlin

This is a good thing to keep in mind should one ever sail on the Titanic!

I sent the floating piano problem to an engineer friend, who responded:

"Given the (obviously incorrect) conditions as transmitted, the piano
should sink."

Ed Berlin


(Message sent Thu 9 Oct 1997, 15:10:00 GMT, from time zone GMT-0500.)

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