Graeme, At 21:21 03/07/2001 +1300, you wrote: >One advantage though ...... being on the underside of the world makes pianos >lighter for moving.(less gravity) LOL. > >Graeme Harvey >New Plymouth >New Zealand I hate to burst your inverted bubble, but I seem to recall from geology classes that, owing to earth's ovoid (vs:spheroid) shape and the southern hemisphere actually being larger than the northern, the gravitational constant is larger in your neighborhood. The folks in Singapore [1° N] should have it the easiest - everything slides sideways, right?? I do recall that it was easy to slide out of the Raffles after a few slings...;-} Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician -mailto:hoffsoco@luther.edu Luther College, 700 College Drive, Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 Voice-(319)-387-1204 // Fax (319)-387-1076(Dept.office) Education is the best defense against the media.
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