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   Message 287 of 1,456   
   Ouisie to JimD   
   Re: Speaking of New Musical Instruments   
   20 Oct 16 13:03:09   
   
   From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2016102008455042046-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > huh, I hadn't noticed the 8,8888 dollare ( and probably 88 cents )   
   price point. yeah, that does look like some sort of a joke.   
      
   > I'd say the price is a joke, but here's the page with the prices:   
      
   https://global.store.roli.com/collections/seaboard-grand   
      
      
      
   > Maybe the entire thing is a joke. Not a real product at all, just some   
   > fake web page thing ????  For all you can actually see in the videos, it   
   > could be a mockup made of something cheap and easy. Cardboard spray   
   > painted up nice for all I can tell.   Or maybe covered with a thin foam   
   > layer, and them painted to look real.   
      
   There are apparently some samples of what it can do, and with the strings,   
   particularly in the cello range, it's pretty impressive.   
   But it's the price that's 'Depressive' ;)   
      
   > Not a musical instrument, but just as yesterdays news as some :-)   
      
   Jim   
      
   So? That doesn't mean anything...and so long as yesterday's news is Good   
   News, that's what matters...and it's Better than today's news...IF it's not   
   as good as yesterday's ;)   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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