the piano

I’ve been playing
~30 years (eek!)

all the pleasure of
programming, none
of the bullshit

invented 1698

flies in the face of usability...

88-point UI

(not counting feet)

12,000 parts

(10,000 moving)

18-30 tonnes across 230 strings

~ 895,000 made each year

£0 - £1.45m

in short: a widespread, cheap,
beautiful, elegant, mature,
evolving, growing technology

“without music, life
would be a mistake”
Friedrich Nietzsche

Q: “What are the odds of being
killed by a piano falling on you?”
A: “I don't know the exact
chances, but i know it is rare”

thanks
rowlf http://www.flickr.com/photos/tarnie/1372768249/
old musicians http://www.flickr.com/photos/josefnovak33/3115676722/
bullshit http://www.flickr.com/photos/slipstreamjc/853577358/
inside http://www.flickr.com/photos/mojoglad/533453798/
complicated http://www.flickr.com/photos/rjnagle/110738644/
hammer http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoder_slanger/2071748555/
action http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17571/17571-h/17571-h.htm
pressure http://www.flickr.com/photos/bitzcelt/2795295056/
piano shop http://www.flickr.com/photos/dbasanta/2074962097/
pound http://www.flickr.com/photos/smigol/2467443756/
pedals http://www.flickr.com/photos/davelinger/2594440860/
falling piano http://www.flickr.com/photos/jacek_nl/1149140307/
keys http://www.flickr.com/photos/38355353@N00/411599127/