2,008 Pianos??

My news-savvy, ever-observant fellow Yichanger, Brad Ellis, picked up on this bizarre piece of Yichang news.

The Olympic torch is coming through Yichang this weekend. It goes to the Three Gorges Dam and then makes it's way along the Yangtze river to Yichang. An article Brad found from the offical torch relay website has one sentence about the torch coming to Yichang and here's what it says:

"In Yichang city, 2,008 pianos will accompany the torch along the Yangtze River."

2,008 pianos??!! What?? Really?? Lining the river??? Where in the world do you get 2,008 pianos?? How are they going to transport them all?? How are 2,008 pianos outside along the river going to play together?? And they chose pianos because pianos are so . . . portable?? Why pianos?! Wouldn't just about any other instrument be easier--2,008 trumpets, 2,008 bells, 2,008 Chinese erhus, 2,008 drums, 2,008 member marching band. So, I wonder if they'll be grand pianos or uprights? Can I volunteer to play one? Maybe next time they can try 2,008 pipe organs . . .

So, I guess we'll have to see this to believe it. Hopefully the 2,008 pianos can even be seen/heard through what I'm sure is going to be an insanely huge crowd that will try to see the torch. Hopefully I'll have a follow-up post with pictures.