# Has anybody ever died from having a piano dropped on them? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 10, 2003, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-ever-died-from-having-a-piano-dropped-on-them/160288 "2003-03-10T13:07:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-ever-died-from-having-a-piano-dropped-on-them/160288/21 "2003-03-10T21:25:33Z")
Anyone ever killed by **falling arches**? ---
**Author:** ![pretend\_my\_name\_is\_witty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9e5f3/32.png) [@pretend\_my\_name\_is\_witty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pretend_my_name_is_witty)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-ever-died-from-having-a-piano-dropped-on-them/160288/22 "2003-03-10T23:09:50Z")
_ **What do you get if you drop a piano down a mineshaft?** _ _A flat miner_ Groan… ---
**Author:** ![Lostboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Lostboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lostboy)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-ever-died-from-having-a-piano-dropped-on-them/160288/23 "2003-03-10T23:30:50Z")
While no one was killed, also beware of falling [cows](http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_615040.html) ---
**Author:** ![sleeping](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@sleeping](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeping)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-ever-died-from-having-a-piano-dropped-on-them/160288/24 "2003-03-11T00:20:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by stigoftdump \* > > And if no-one had died from piano, why has this been the traditional death in loony toon cartoons? [Because God said so.](http://home.nyc.rr.com/demojr/Godcomp.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![pervertatoid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@pervertatoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pervertatoid)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-ever-died-from-having-a-piano-dropped-on-them/160288/25 "2003-03-11T03:07:39Z")
Of course someone’s died from a falling piano. Didn’t you watch _Who Framed Roger Rabbit?_ “Remember me, Eddie? When I killed your brother [referring to dropping a piano on Detective Eddie’s brother’s head]? I talked just…like…THIS!!!” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![bobk2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@bobk2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobk2)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-ever-died-from-having-a-piano-dropped-on-them/160288/26 "2003-03-11T03:16:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by msmith537 \* > \*\*How about anvils? \*\* While on this subject, please see Cartoon Law IX “Everything falls faster than an anvil.” and more at [http://www.astro.utoronto.ca/~reid/physrevt/cartphys.html](http://www.astro.utoronto.ca/~reid/physrevt/cartphys.html) ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-ever-died-from-having-a-piano-dropped-on-them/160288/27 "2003-03-11T07:59:10Z")
Ok, how about railing kills? Has anyone ever been on a stage or industrial cat walk and been shot, and then leaned, flipped, and fell over the railing? ## Peace. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh! ---
**Author:** ![mallocks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@mallocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mallocks)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-ever-died-from-having-a-piano-dropped-on-them/160288/28 "2003-03-11T13:35:21Z")
A Queen of Russia, Catherine the Great I think, was killed by a falling horse. Just don’t ask about the details 😛 ---
**Author:** ![dylan\_73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@dylan\_73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dylan_73)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-ever-died-from-having-a-piano-dropped-on-them/160288/29 "2003-03-11T14:33:14Z")
Ahh, that’s a load of mallocks, mate… 🙂 Sorry, couldn’t help it. It’s still an [urban legend](http://www.snopes.com/sex/bestial/catherin.htm) though. ---
**Author:** ![dylan\_73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@dylan\_73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dylan_73)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-ever-died-from-having-a-piano-dropped-on-them/160288/30 "2003-03-11T14:39:29Z")
Ahh, that’s a load of mallocks, mate… 🙂 Sorry, couldn’t help it. It’s still an [urban legend](http://www.snopes.com/sex/bestial/catherin.htm) though. ---
**Author:** ![Politzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@Politzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Politzania)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-ever-died-from-having-a-piano-dropped-on-them/160288/31 "2003-03-11T15:52:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by moriah \* > \*\*Ok, how about railing kills? > > Has anyone ever been on a stage or industrial cat walk and been shot, and then leaned, flipped, and fell over the railing? > > ## Peace. > > Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh! \*\* Did you watch Mystery Science Theater 3000 this weekend? They showed _Space Mutiny_ and there was quite the discussion on railing kills 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-ever-died-from-having-a-piano-dropped-on-them/160288.md?page=1)