Barrie Heaton wrote: > > Would you not say that the speed of sound has an effect on the overall > tone of the piano due to the fact of the Doppler affect. :-) Gosh this is fun.... So, if a player piano plays in the woods and no-one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? If you play a piano in a vacuum does it really make a sound? Does a piano make less of a sound at higher altitudes due to the thinner air? If a piano is traveling at the speed of sound would you hear it as it passes by? Can you hear John Cage's "4'33" of Silence" if played on a piano traveling at the speed of sound? Can you tune a piano with an accu-tuner at the speed of sound? If you could save sound in a bottle what would it sound like if you dropped it and the glass broke? Would a piano have a "lighter" sound in zero gravity? Would two pianos at the speed of sound be twice as loud? If you could play a piano while traveling at twice the speed of sound, could you then suddenly stop and play a duet with yourself as the sound catches up? Rob Goodale
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