Piano Stairs - Making Music While You Climb!

By

Word Count

215 words

Reading Level

Listen to Article

Would people choose to climb rather than take an escalator if the stairs were more fun? While this may sound like a no-brainer to kids, it is not as clear-cut with adults. Hence the folks at car company Volkswagen, decided to try this fun stunt and the results, as most kids would say - were quite predictable.

The experiment was conducted at the Odenplan station in Stockholm, Sweden's capital city, where workers toiled all night to transform the staid subway stairs into a magical working piano keyboard.

Now by simply walking up the stairs, everybody could make amazing music. They soon noticed that commuters who normally headed straight for the escalator, paused for a minute, intrigued by the new stairs and then actually climbed them, some even jumping from one stair to the other. A two-day observation of the commuter's behavior revealed a sixty six percent increase in usage of the stairs - A no-brainer as most kids would say.

The company calls the phenomenon, 'fun theory' - using fun to change people's behavior for the better', and plans to conduct many more similar experiments, which they will post on a soon-to-be-launched website called 'fun theory.com'. We for one can't wait to see what they come up with next!

sources: dailymail.co.uk,senselost.com

Cite Article
Geography
Learn Keywords in this Article
79 Comments
  • mbougvicyfcoputalmost 8 years
    kool
    • the kool kidalmost 8 years
      where is this place
      • diamondkid
        diamondkidabout 8 years
        Wow!
        • I<3musicabout 8 years
          That is so cool!
          • aphphilippines
            aphphilippinesover 8 years
            who wants to help me play carol of the bells? I have the sheet music!
            • IPlayPianoover 8 years
              This is awesome😄
              • puglover67
                puglover67over 8 years
                I saw a youtube video of this. It is pretty awesome!
                • Awesome38over 8 years
                  Cool you could play motsart
                  • meover 8 years
                    I. WANT. TO . GO. THERE. SO .BADLY!!!!!!!! I'M A REAL MUSIC FREAK AND THIS WOULD BE THE BEST GIFT JUST TO GO THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!1SO AWESOME!!!!!!
                    • TheWowFactorover 8 years
                      AWESOMESAUSE!!!!!!!!!!