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| ooooooooh, Splinters under the fingersnails. Ouch! This would be a good case for KEYS BEING LONGER on all pianos, right?
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| It made me wonder why they don't make a fallboard specifically for institutional settings. All it'd take is to relieve the wood back that one eighth and cover it with an eighth of something like plexiglass or some other durable material. It also made me wonder why the people playing are not trimming their nails. I can't stand to play if mine are not completely trimmed. I was rather annoyed that a visitor recently left a trail of red nail polish on the ivories from her long nails from doing glissandos with her nails rather than the side of her pinkie or thumb. I'd have planted her in the garden if she'd done that to the fallboard.
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| This is pretty cool...  A sea organ, in Zadar, Croatia Concealed under these steps, which both protect and invite, is a system of polyethylene tubes and a resonating cavity that turns the site into a huge musical instrument, played by the wind and the sea. See more here Sea OrganOn the linked page, click on the sound clip link to hear the organ play.
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| quote: Originally posted by OperaTenor:
That sea organ is COOL! Everyone should take a moment to listen to it.
That REALLY is cool. I love things like windchimes as there's a rather evident, nearly mathematical and rational pattern to the melodies constructed by wind. This is that times 100. I'd love to hear that in person. It's a cool looking contraption as well.
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