Re: selling piano on ebay

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 15:32:46 -0700, "Lumpy"
<lumpy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Lump:
>> > Whenever we have a visiting artist that's
>> > a pianist, we rent him/her a Yamaha 5'8"
>> > grand synth. It's a synthesizer built into
>> > a standard baby grand frame. Weighs the same
>> > as a normal stringed piano. Costs the same
>> > to move to the venue. You just don't have
>> > to tune it.
>
>Merrill:
>> Pretty cool, but does it use loud
>> speakers or, ah hem, strings?
>
>It uses little, trained musicians that hide
>in the piano. The player strikes a key and that
>lights up a light, indicating to the hidden
>musos which note on which instrument they
>should play.

It sounds like you are stringing me along,
but let's not harp on it. For that piano tuna?

--
-john
wide-open at throttle dot info
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