<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 5/2/01 2:16:38 PM Central Daylight Time,
<BR>Michael.Jorgensen@cmich.edu writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">By 2014, all pianos will be built in a single factory. However,
<BR>all cherished brands of the past and present will be available with
<BR>authentic character. All will be superior to any 20th pianos. All
<BR>organic materials, (wood planks, wool, buckskin, etc.), will be grown in
<BR>the factory using genetic engineering. New materials will replace
<BR>metal. No trees, animals, or people will be needed, as the robots will
<BR>construct and even design them. They will weigh fifty pounds, the
<BR>soundboard being the heaviest part.
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<BR>-Mike
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<BR>If you had said 3014, I would believe it. But I don't think the technology is
<BR>here, (or if it is here, it is not going to be applied to the piano
<BR>industry), to do what you are predicting in just 13 years. A hundred and
<BR>thirteen, maybe.
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<BR>Willem </FONT></HTML>