PESTO home made piano

[Vanderhoofven]

Dear Lar,

Why not suggest that he buy a harpsichord kit?  Then he wouldn't need to
worry about the plate?

David V

At 01:11 AM 8/29/98 , you wrote:
> Now he and his
>buddy wants to build a piano.  At first I thought this guy's not for real.
>But he was!!  So he persued the conversation with some vitality.  So after
>he convinced me he was for real, I asked him what he's going to do for a
>plate.  He said, " A plate, what's that??"  and what followed was the usual
>about what's the plate for, how thick is it, why does it have to be there,
>and so I mentioned at this point the 30 tons of stress across the structure.
>I know now that I was about 10 tons off according to the recent posts on
>this, but he'll never know the difference.  He said, "30 tons!!  Why so
>much??"  Yeah, well, I think I convinced him not to build his own piano, and
>I bought his car for $1000 less than he was asking.
>
>                                    Larry Fisher RPT