This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment ----- Original Message -----=20 From: tune4u@earthlink.net=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 7:34 AM Subject: RE: OT -- Way, WAY Off Topic! Hey. The necessity for light-weight, less-power-hungry, and more = dependable electronics for space vehicles was the impetus for = development of integrated circuits and the microminiaturization that has = made all our computers and consumer electronic wonders possible. Oh, don't get me started! The benefits to our country and our society = that came out of the mad drive to put man on the moon have so far = outweighed their cost that, if we've learned nothing else from the = experience, we should have learned the value of funding such outlandish = ventures just for their side effects. Consider what would happen if we, = as a nation, decided we really wanted to be free of oil imports and an = oil-based economy in ten years. Or, how about establishing a robot = community on Mars in ten years? Doesn't have the pizaz of "One small = step...," but still.... So. Could they do the same for the piano? A new space-age plate = material (pre-stressed Microfibrolated Aluminum Dioxide impregnated = polycarbonate resin might work) that only weighs 7 ounces, high tension = boron-fiber strings, action parts made of hyper-spherical porated = polyacrylics, wool from really skinny sheep, that sort of thing ... get = the whole piano weight down to, say, 2 lbs. Let's get working on it! I'll begin work on the project just as soon as your check arrives in the = mail. Well, actually, just as soon as it clears the bank. Such projects = always come down to who is willing to fund the research and for what = gain. Iron is cheap, easy to cast and machine, strong enough for the = requirements and, let's not forget, eminately recyclable. Once we get = into all those polycarbonates and polyacrylics I'm not so sure. Del ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/fe/45/d7/78/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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