Archive for March, 2012

Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Just a quick reminder and refresher (though it’s a few days late)… The vernal equinox just passed, which means, not only does everyone in the northern hemisphere have at least 12 hours of daylight, but the days are getting longer faster than at any other time of the year. Combined with Daylight Savings Time, that […]

Piano Strings

There’s nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself Johann Sebastian Bach I found myself recently staring down into a baby grand piano recently, and for the first time I considered the motivation for its exterior curves.  Noting the varying […]