<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 8/22/02 1:13:40 AM !!!First Boot!!!, pianolover88@hotmail.com writes:
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<BR>I'd like to hear your "top 5" favorite,(or more if you like) most
<BR>interesting factoids about the piano that any non-tech would find
<BR>interesting and/or amazing! thanks!
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<BR>Here is one. If an entire grand piano was built using...say....12 gauge piano wire, the piano would be about 25 feet long for the lowest bass string to have the correct mass for its pitch.
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<BR>This is all theoretical of course. Since the hammers usually strike the node of the 7th mode, the strike point on this piano would almost 4 feet from the agraffe. Makes for a tricky regulation, huh?
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<BR>Rich Galassini
<BR>Cunningham Piano Co. & Factory
<BR>Philadelphia, Pa.
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