@madchinaman: Perfectly put. I play piano as well and while I have a digital one to practice on, nothing comes close to the sound (or feel) of a real piano.

Le0nidas

I think technically it's not a "suspension" piano, but rather a cable-stayed one.

astroglide

Disgustingly ugly.

arch05

@ wirelessgeek

I'd have to respectfully disagree with you with the theatrics part. As a piano performer and teacher I'd take a piano over a keyboard anyday of the week (not that e-keyboards are bad, they serve their purpose.) Real pianos have an acoustic property that keyboards cannot represent fully (Yet). Also your argument is like saying that electric guitars are for music and acoustic guitars are for show.

madchinaman

I thought keyboards were for music and pianos were for theatrics. I can't see a song siren splayed out on the top of this with all of the cables and such. Also, how could Jerry Lee Lewis play this without tripping over the cables. Not to mention, could it hold their weight?

WirelessGeek

I don't play the piano, but it would seem to me that the important thing is the sound. Something like this is, IMHO, going to be for the dilettenti, people who don't play the piano but just want this for show.

meh. (Special thanks to whoever introduced that interjection.)

ps61318

@ANoel:

I thiought we'd be out of the woods after yesterday's helmet

flyboy

Damn misplaced comma...

drewdraws2

"From the designer of the Route 242 bridge over the Mississippi, comes the new piano..."

The idea is cool but the execution couldn't be heavier-handed if it was done by Ironman.

drewdraws2

If that's mahogany, does that mean they spray-painted it silver?

Kind of defeats 1/2 the point of using a beautiful hardwood like mahogany.

92BuickLeSabre

I find this interesting, "but why?"-engineering.
Unsettling too like a string bikini on a 42 G pair.

ANoel

For those that need a grand piano with out all that extra weight.

The new MacPiano Air.
Using cutting edge support technology we removed those troublesome extra legs.
It's small and light enough to fit inside a #600 manila envelope.

DeadWriter

This is a way coo!!er looking box to me ... [gizmodo.com]

ANoel

@flyboy:
On topic AND On reference... [gizmodo.com]

ANoel

@drewdraws2:


Fugly and not even well engineered - check out Calatrava...


[www.arcspace.com]

flyboy

Sadly not.
Yet.

ANoel

Will it play?

ideaman2020

Remember the TV show Silver Spoons?

Well, this piano MAY have looked cool in their rec-room back in 1983, just maybe. Liberace wouldn't even take a dump in that thing!

radiohead008

@MADCHINAMAN

Sorry, my tongue in cheek wasn't obvious. I have played a baby grand and keyboards and agree that nothing has the sound of a good piano. At the same time, I still try to envision the theatrics of Victor Borge's "follow me" bit or Michelle Pfeiffer in the Fabulous Baker Boys [images.google.com], or Jerry Lee Lewis [images.google.com], or Elton John [tbn0.google.com] playing this piano.

Nope, I'm not seeing it.

WirelessGeek

AHOY

8thstreetlatino

fugly

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