Self-tuning piano

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Self-tuning piano

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I somehow can't see folks rushing out to order one, but interesting nevertheless - the detailed photos especially.
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Load of $%^&*!!

Total speculation - its like waiting to see in the flesh a UFO & aliens!!

for something that is ''heard'' - where is the video? or even a sound track?
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There is a vidoe from a link on here some time back of that. It showed itworking. It tuned every time you turned it on by heating up the strings via the wrest pin. Clever idea but dont think it has any legs.
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I'm not worrying yet about unemployment on the strength of that!
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They guy has been working on it for years It works but it still need a master tuning each year its not there to replace the tuner its there manly to keep unison in

The Big draw back is it keep heating up the strings after time the string will go dull Story and Clark made some piano with it in a few years ago Not shour what the take up was


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