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Article #625128Re: Old tech (was Re: Microsoft's PDP-10s)
From: Mike Spencer
Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2018 21:31
Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2018 21:31
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Quadibloc <jsa...@ecn.ab.ca> writes: > On Saturday, August 4, 2018 at 7:14:44 PM UTC-6, Michael Black wrote: >> On Sat, 4 Aug 2018, Quadibloc wrote: >>> On Saturday, August 4, 2018 at 12:56:53 PM UTC-6, Mike Spencer wrote: > >>>> There a smiths of both the present and recently past generations that >>>> we regard more or less as demigods. > >>> If you think making swords like the Vikings made is hard, how >>> about making violins like Stradivarius made? > >> I don't think that would sound so good made of metal. > > No, you have to use wood. Although some interesting results have > been obtained through the use of carbon fiber, plastic, and even > titanium. And a project that's ben way back in the queue for years id to make a contrabass banjo, probably a bowed version, from a big marching bass drum I have. But no, metal doesn't feel right for a violin. -- Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada
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