[pianotech] Accident

[Paul Williams]

Wow!  We're talking about less than 30mph for Wim's boo boo!  I thought it
was all just joking around!  Are we taking this issue into space or serous
discussion? Sure we can figure that one is going 0.0003 miles an hour
faster at sea level or on the top of Everest.  Weren't we having a bit of
fun, or has this turned into a math problem?

P

On 11/16/12 4:25 PM, "Rob McCall" <rob at mccallpiano.com> wrote:

>It depends...
>
>If you're strictly going by mph as measured by a tire, then it doesn't
>matter.  However, Mach is calculated as a percentage of the speed of
>sound.  At sea level, the speed of sound (mach 1.0) is about 660 mph.  At
>35,000 feet, mach 1.0 is about 600 mph.  My witty sea level remark was
>directed at Ron's extra witty mach calculation... :-)
>
>Regards,
>
>Rob McCall
>
>McCall Piano Service, LLC
>www.mccallpiano.com
>Murrieta, CA
>951-698-1875
>
>On Nov 16, 2012, at 14:14 , Terry Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>
>wrote:
>
>> Now wait just a cotton-pickin' minute. What's sea level got to do with
>>it? It would be the same at sea level, a mountain top, outer space or on
>>Mars. Or am I just missing something here......  :-0
>> 
>> Terry Farrell
>> 
>> On Nov 16, 2012, at 3:32 PM, Rob McCall wrote:
>> 
>>> I assume you calculated that at sea level, given Wim's location?
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Rob McCall
>>> 
>>> McCall Piano Service, LLC
>>> www.mccallpiano.com
>>> Murrieta, CA
>>> 951-698-1875
>>> 
>>> On Nov 16, 2012, at 11:15 , Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On 11/16/2012 12:58 PM, David Love wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Remember, at 20 mph you travel 289 feet in one second.
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
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