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Re: Any musical instrument?
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Thu, 30 Nov 2000 06:25:22 GMT
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I think this is an understatement. I think it would be a huge challenge to
build something strong enough.
A piano key, however, would be a really cool project. I saw a diagram of
one once, and I thought about trying to build a Lego model of a single piano
key. The mechanism is so tricky and clever.

In lugnet.technic, Ross Crawford writes:
Hmmm. I imagine a piano action wouldn't be out of the question, either. The
main problem I can see is with the strings - if you're looking at 4 octaves,
thats 48 fairly tight strings, which is going to put a fair bit of strain on
whatever base you attach them to.



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And even trickier to get a whole bunch in close proximity side-by-side 8?) Amnon Silverstein <amnon@best.com> wrote in message news:G4tr6A.2rt@lugnet.com... (...) piano (...) The (...) octaves, (...) on (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)

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Hmmm. I imagine a piano action wouldn't be out of the question, either. The main problem I can see is with the strings - if you're looking at 4 octaves, thats 48 fairly tight strings, which is going to put a fair bit of strain on whatever base you (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)

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