Chemistry (yes, piano related)

[Joe & Penny Goss]

Kristan,
I have no smut here at the present time but got yours  Cute
Joe Goss
----- Original Message -----
From: Kristinn Leifsson <istuner@islandia.is>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 4:46 PM
Subject: Chemistry (yes, piano related)


> Hi list,
>
> I was tuning out in the country right by the famed Blue Lagoon.
> I was asked to look at a grand that was located in a nearby power plant,
> they said it wasn´t stable.  As some of you may know we use geothermal
> energy to produce electricity, (holes drilled deep into the ground and
> water pumped down and the power from the steam harnessed.)
> Well, when I looked at the grand,(which happened to be positioned above a
> heater in the floor and by a HUGE wall sized window(which would explain
the
> instability)) I noticed with shocking terror and a backwards aerial half
> twist that the bass strings were covered with blue gunk.
>
> Yes blue.
>
> I started thinking. I quickly realized that this had to do with something
> in the E-N-V-I-R-O-N-M-E-N-T.
>
> Bass strings : copper Cu
>
> Air around geothermally active places : sulfur S
>
> Conclusion : Cu(SO)4  (copper sulfate which is blue.) How does one make
> "subscript" in Eudora?
>
>
> I feel soooo academic,
>
> Kristinn Leifsson,
> Reykjavík, Iceland
>
> P.S. Since we´re talking about the cranial capacity of certain populous
> nations here´s a proverb:
>
> Foolish man give wife grand piano.  Wise man give wife upright
> organ.  (Apologies for the smut if you got it)
>
>