Frank Herbert... Science Fiction... [ON topic!]

xooorx

So you're leaving Earth to start a new life on Planet C. The only problem is that grandpa's old Steinway weighs more than the baggage allowance for the entire family. By a lot.

But you can take a nice light portable DP to Planet C instead so that's all right. Right?

Anyway that's the setup for Frank Herbert's 1973 short story "Passage for Piano".

(Herbert doesn't get into it but I'm assuming that the gravity and relative humidity on Planet C must be suitable for the Steinway)

Drew-r

xooorx So you're leaving Earth to start a new life on Planet C. The only problem is that grandpa's old Steinway

Your topic sadly brings to mind how we here reeeeeeeeally could benefit from the insight of the inimitable, dearly missed Pete14, who’s DP posting life here on the earth-bound physical plane ended far too early 😢 ….. IMHO!

EB5AGV

You could take a MIDI controller (even foldable is there are also size restrictions), some tiny powered speakers along a Raspberry Pi with Pianoteq on it… once you are in the planet, if there is nothing else, you would have the best piano sound of that new world 😝

vagfilm

Apparently there are no size restrictions... Someone did it before on ISS, with a Yamaha PSR keyboard:

EB5AGV

vagfilm I guess in zero gravity it would be best to use synth-like actions with springs, like that Yamaha, than wonderful long-pivot wooden ones, which would float around and be very tricky to play 😆

David B

EB5AGV I guess in zero gravity it would be best to use synth-like actions with springs, like that Yamaha, than wonderful long-pivot wooden ones, which would float around and be very tricky to play

I guess a Fazioli magnetized type action would work in space also. I would try to hire Gene to make a magnetized Fazioli/cybrid controller to take with me.

God Bless,
David

EB5AGV

David B Fazioli seems to be an step further!