Basically I want it to have 88 keys and hammers & strings. --- Charles Neuman <cneuman@phy.duke.edu> wrote: > > pedal and sustain pedal. What do you RPTs think > is > > the smallest it is possible to build such a piano? > > I'll bet if NASA wanted a piano in space, they'd > find a way to make a > lightweight piano. Suppose you weren't limited by > money? You could make a > titanium plate. Would that be strong enough? The > next heaviest thing would > be the cabinet. Lightweight plastic might work > there. Any other metal > parts would also be titanium, or some lightweight > material. Action parts > might be plastic. > > Your idea is what led Harold Rhodes to invent the > Rhodes keyboard. He > wasn't looking for funky new sounds. He wanted a > small portable piano that > could be used for entertaining wounded airmen in the > military. The 73-key > models can be carried by a single person if he > happens to be a > professional mover or the like, but most normal > people need a handtruck to > move it around. I think most of the weight is in the > wooden cabinet. > > Charles Neuman > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
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