How to Play Piano in a Vacuum
Is it possible to play piano in outer space? Or, perhaps, on the moon? Is gravity needed at all? Would the sound even travel in a vacuum without any atmosphere?
As we venture out into space and contemplate the possibility of populating other worlds, I, being the eternal wonder-er, grapple with the concepts that future humans will undoubtedly have to confront. At the present rate of population growth, the human race will inevitably outgrow planet earth, if not physically, then as a source of sustenance. Someday, someone living on foreign ’soil’ will want to play the piano, or some facsimile of a modern piano, and I wonder how it will be done.
With even the most advanced technology we have today, there will undoubtedly be months or even years of time to pass as humans venture out toward other celestial bodies. That strikes me as a fantastic opportunity to take up a new hobby like playing piano and even progress to the point where pretty good proficiency could be attained. Lessons could be of the audio/visual kind, many of which already exist right here on earth today.