A Swedish packaging company, SCA Packaging, has created a grand piano that is made of cardboard. I guess it’s for people who find the real thing a little bit too heavy to lug around for gigs! Anyone one up to tickling the old cardboard?

The cardboard piano uses integrated circuits that are pressed onto paper instead of silicon chips or circuit boards. It’s based on technology developed to make paper products that change colour or include radio-frequency tags for inventory control. Ulf Carlsson, SCA’s head of development and research, said the cardboard piano features all 88 keys. Press one, and the circuit beneath it sends a signal to an external loudspeaker, which plays the appropriate sound.
Source: www.usatoday.com 3 June 2004 Copyright Associated Press

For now, the company has only generated a few of the futuristic keyboards. They have not developed a plan to send them to market as of yet. SCA is probably using this as a gimmick to create a buzz for the company. They also admit that this may be used as a vehicle to introduce the next generation highlighting the development of printing techniques. I’d still love to hear one!

Keep on Jammin’