Piano Stairs

It’s a known fact that good health can be accomplished with a few simple healthy lifestyle changes. Some of them can be minimal such as taking the stairs instead of an elevator or escalator. However, it’s because some people have a lazy bone, that when given a choice, the answer will always be the escalator over the stairs.

The question becomes, how can you motivate and influence people to take the stairs? All the sermons in the world won’t accomplish what these creative souls have done. Piano stairs are exactly as they sound. Each step plays a different piano note as someone stands on it.

As a test, the designers installed piano stairs next to an escalator to see what effect it would have on pedestrian traffic. The result? A 66% increase in stair usage.

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