If you weigh this against all the appliances and gadgets it replaces, it's
just the price of a few cups of coffee per day (for about 8 years). It
probably could be used to grind beans as well.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eugene C. Braig IV" <brai...@osu.edu>
To: <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 10:34 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Viola-Matic
To quote the director of the Milwaukee Mandolin Orchestra (who also works
at
a violin shop and used to play with Mannheim Steamroller), "Actual current
price for a Luis & Clark carbon fiber viola: US$5,839.00!"
Eugene
-----Original Message-----
From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On
Behalf Of Daniel F Heiman
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 1:22 AM
To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [LUTE] Viola-Matic
Decidedly off-topic, but something to think about for folks performing
under less than ideal weather conditions. With a matched set of
fluorocarbon strings....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf2w2zMNvzE
*This is a real playable musical instrument.* (Not quite as inexpensive
as the tag line suggests.)
Daniel Heiman
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