{"id":1229,"date":"2009-05-20T00:01:22","date_gmt":"2009-05-20T04:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/guitar\/?p=1229"},"modified":"2009-07-30T23:16:27","modified_gmt":"2009-07-31T03:16:27","slug":"a-cardboard-grand-piano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/guitar\/2009\/05\/20\/a-cardboard-grand-piano\/","title":{"rendered":"A cardboard grand piano"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>A Swedish packaging company, SCA Packaging, has created a grand piano that is made of cardboard. I guess it&#8217;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?<\/p>\n<div style=\u00e2\u20ac\u009ddisplay:block;float:right;padding:5px;\u00e2\u20ac\u009d><!--adsense#largesquare--><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>The cardboard piano uses integrated circuits that are pressed onto paper instead of silicon chips or circuit boards.  It&#8217;s based on technology developed to make paper products that change colour or include radio-frequency tags for inventory control.  Ulf Carlsson, SCA&#8217;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.<br \/>\n<strong>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/money\/2004-06-03-cardboard_x.htm\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow external noopener noreferrer\" class=\"ext-link\">www.usatoday.com<\/a>  3 June 2004 Copyright Associated Press<\/strong><\/p><!--CusAds--><\/blockquote>\n<p>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. 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