<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>Actually, I do have the prototype built already. But since the materials I = mentioned--and half the words I used--don't exist, I have had to use concrete and = superglue for most parts, but I used none of that heavy metal and no wood, either. So = far, I have the weight down to 1,875 lbs. 3 oz., not including the bench. Still = looking for really skinny sheep to get lightweight felt. (Oh, that's baaaaad!).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Back to work.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Alan Barnard</DIV> <DIV>Salem, MO</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left>-----Original Message----- From: = pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Greg Newell Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 1:44 PM To: Pianotech Subject: RE: OT -- Way, WAY Off = Topic! </DIV>Alan, <X-TAB>     =    </X-TAB>Alright, you first!   All kidding aside that kind of thinking is what = this industry needs more of for sure!! Greg = Newell At 10:34 AM 5/1/2003, you wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">God hates mobile homes, that much is obvious.   Our space research stuff is amazing, isn't = it? It's all the more impressive if you ponder the incredible distances involved = and how narrow the angles are to put something on the right course--the = tiniest error and, whoosh, your mars shot is headed for deep space.   Hey. The = necessity for light-weight, less-power-hungry, and more dependable electronics for = space vehicles was the impetus for development of integrated circuits and = the microminiaturization that has made all our computers and consumer = electronic wonders possible.   So. Could they do the same for the piano? A new space-age plate material = (pre-stressed Microfibrolated Aluminum Dioxide impregnated polycarbonate resin = might work) that only weighs 7 ounces, high tension boron-fiber strings, action = parts made of hyper-spherical porated polyacrylics, wool from really = skinny sheep, that sort of thing ... get the whole piano weight down to, say, 2 = lbs. Let's get working on it!   Alan Barnard Salem, = MO <DL> <DD>-----Original Message----- <DD>From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [<A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org" eudora="autourl">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A>]On Behalf = Of Nichols <DD>Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 8:59 AM <DD>To: Pianotech <DD>Subject: Re: OT -- Way, WAY Off Topic! <DD>At 09:46 AM 4/29/2003 -0700, you wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"> <DD>A belated farwell... <DD>   <DD>...to Pioneer 10, the little spacecraft that = could. Originally sent out to the Asteroid belt and then on to Jupiter. = It was the first spacecraft to travel through the Asteroid belt and the = first to make direct obversations and close-up photographs of Jupiter.</DD></BLOCKQUOTE> <DD>That's the one that got the cool photos of the giant perpetual = tornado. Although there was no conclusive proof of life, at least = we know they have mobile home parks! <DD>Guy </DD></DL> --- Checked by AVG anti-virus = system (<A href="http://www.grisoft.com/" eudora="autourl">http://www.grisoft.com</A>). Version: 6.0.474 = / Virus Database: 272 - Release Date: 4/18/2003</BLOCKQUOTE><X-SIGSEP> </X-SIGSEP>Greg Newell Greg's piano Forté <A href="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net" eudora="autourl">mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net</A> </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>