---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment --=====================_23468812==.ALT Alan, Alright, you first! All kidding aside that kind of thinking is=20 what this industry needs more of for sure!! Greg Newell At 10:34 AM 5/1/2003, you wrote: >God hates mobile homes, that much is obvious. > >Our space research stuff is amazing, isn't it? It's all the more=20 >impressive if you ponder the incredible distances involved and how narrow= =20 >the angles are to put something on the right course--the tiniest error=20 >and, whoosh, your mars shot is headed for deep space. > >Hey. The necessity for light-weight, less-power-hungry, and more=20 >dependable electronics for space vehicles was the impetus for development= =20 >of integrated circuits and the microminiaturization that has made all our= =20 >computers and consumer electronic wonders possible. > >So. Could they do the same for the piano? A new space-age plate material=20 >(pre-stressed Microfibrolated Aluminum Dioxide impregnated polycarbonate=20 >resin might work) that only weighs 7 ounces, high tension boron-fiber=20 >strings, action parts made of hyper-spherical porated polyacrylics, wool=20 >from really skinny sheep, that sort of thing ... get the whole piano=20 >weight down to, say, 2 lbs. Let's get working on it! > >Alan Barnard >Salem, MO >-----Original Message----- >From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On=20 >Behalf Of Nichols >Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 8:59 AM >To: Pianotech >Subject: Re: OT -- Way, WAY Off Topic! > >At 09:46 AM 4/29/2003 -0700, you wrote: >>A belated farwell... >> >>...to Pioneer 10, the little spacecraft that could. Originally sent out=20 >>to the Asteroid belt and then on to Jupiter. It was the first spacecraft= =20 >>to travel through the Asteroid belt and the first to make direct=20 >>obversations and close-up photographs of Jupiter. > >That's the one that got the cool photos of the giant perpetual tornado.=20 >Although there was no conclusive proof of life, at least we know they have= =20 >mobile home parks! > >Guy > > >--- > >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.474 / Virus Database: 272 - Release Date: 4/18/2003 Greg Newell Greg's piano Fort=E9 mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net=20 --=====================_23468812==.ALT An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/94/c2/78/20/attachment.htm --=====================_23468812==.ALT-- ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment --- Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.474 / Virus Database: 272 - Release Date: 4/18/2003 ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment--
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