Talk:532: Piano - Revision history

172.70.162.38 at 11:12, 25 April 2024

2024-04-25T11:12:04Z

172.69.79.191: A4 -> E7

2024-04-25T09:33:07Z

A4 -> E7

Certified nqh at 07:55, 8 June 2023

2023-06-08T07:55:54Z

Certified nqh at 03:22, 7 June 2023

2023-06-07T03:22:44Z

ClassicalGames at 03:47, 14 April 2023

2023-04-14T03:47:58Z

Memo Spike Connector at 09:03, 12 April 2023

2023-04-12T09:03:59Z

Heleatunda at 22:24, 19 November 2021

2021-11-19T22:24:35Z

172.70.130.125: Added comment about misunderstanding the joke

2021-09-24T13:03:00Z

Added comment about misunderstanding the joke

Yfmcpxpj: Undo revision 204105 by 162.158.183.205 (talk) – not vandalism, just discussion about the comic.

2021-01-10T01:36:22Z

Undo revision 204105 by 162.158.183.205 (talk) – not vandalism, just discussion about the comic.

162.158.183.205: Removed vandalism

2021-01-05T16:52:27Z

Removed vandalism

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 [[User:Heleatunda|Heleatunda]] ([[User talk:Heleatunda|talk]]) 22:24, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
-:A grand piano for a six-foot person tuned to concert pitch has the note A4 at 440Hz; a grand piano for a twelve-inch pianist will have six times shorter strings and play a note six times higher, so 2640Hz, or 2 7/12 of an octave higher, and would be an E7 several notes higher than the maximum extent of a standard piano. A skilled micropianist should be able to transpose the notes back to their original note, if off by 2/3 octaves. Imagine all but the lowest notes of the piano being higher than the highest note of an actual piano. Otherwise, most things should sound relatively similar: before computer modelling was cheap, scale models were used to determine the acoustics of constructions before completing the real thing and discovering that it sounds terrible.
+:A grand piano for a six-foot person tuned to concert pitch has the note A4 at 440Hz; a grand piano for a twelve-inch pianist will have six times shorter strings and play a note six times higher, so 2640Hz, or 2 7/12 of an octave higher, and would be an E7 several notes higher than the maximum extent of a standard piano. A skilled micropianist should be able to transpose the notes back to their original note, if off by 2/3 octaves. Imagine all but the lowest notes of the piano being higher than the highest note of an actual piano. Otherwise, most things should sound relatively similar: before computer modelling was cheap, scale models were used to determine the acoustics of constructions before completing the real thing and discovering that it sounds terrible. {{unsigned ip|172.69.79.191|09:33, 25 April 2024}}
 :The strings would be too short. But what if it's electric? [[User:Memo Spike Connector|2503: Memo Spike Connector]] ([[User talk:Memo Spike Connector|talk]]) 09:03, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

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 Has anyone looked into what a miniature grand piano might actually sound like?  I think that would be quite fascinating.
 [[User:Heleatunda|Heleatunda]] ([[User talk:Heleatunda|talk]]) 22:24, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
 :The strings would be too short. But what if it's electric? [[User:Memo Spike Connector|2503: Memo Spike Connector]] ([[User talk:Memo Spike Connector|talk]]) 09:03, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

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 :The strings would be too short. But what if it's electric? [[User:Memo Spike Connector|2503: Memo Spike Connector]] ([[User talk:Memo Spike Connector|talk]]) 09:03, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
-::I call that cheating. Just make it long enough to house the strings properly and get 2/3 credit. [[User:Certified nqh|Certified nqh]] ([[User talk:Certified nqh|talk]]) 03:22, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
+::I call that cheating. Just make it long enough to house the strings properly and get 2/3 credit. [[User:Certified_nqh|Me]]<sup>&#91;[[285: Wikipedian Protester|''citation needed'']]&#93;[[Category:Pages using the "citation needed" template]]</sup> 07:55, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
 This is probably also related to the giant piano in Brobdingnag. [[User:Memo Spike Connector|2503: Memo Spike Connector]] ([[User talk:Memo Spike Connector|talk]]) 09:03, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

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	:The strings would be too short. But what if it's electric? [[User:Memo Spike Connector\|2503: Memo Spike Connector]] ([[User talk:Memo Spike Connector\|talk]]) 09:03, 12 April 2023 (UTC)		:The strings would be too short. But what if it's electric? [[User:Memo Spike Connector\|2503: Memo Spike Connector]] ([[User talk:Memo Spike Connector\|talk]]) 09:03, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
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		+	::I call that cheating. Just make it long enough to house the strings properly and get 2/3 credit. [[User:Certified nqh\|Certified nqh]] ([[User talk:Certified nqh\|talk]]) 03:22, 7 June 2023 (UTC)

	This is probably also related to the giant piano in Brobdingnag. [[User:Memo Spike Connector\|2503: Memo Spike Connector]] ([[User talk:Memo Spike Connector\|talk]]) 09:03, 12 April 2023 (UTC)		This is probably also related to the giant piano in Brobdingnag. [[User:Memo Spike Connector\|2503: Memo Spike Connector]] ([[User talk:Memo Spike Connector\|talk]]) 09:03, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

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 I find it interesting that for at least two of the Penis related comics there has been a very long discussion with Dgbrt before he could accept (or accept his defeat here on these pages) that Randall (as he actually often does) makes these kind of juvenile penis jokes (or your mother etc.) The other one I have seen is [[450: The Sea]] [[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 22:50, 7 July 2014 (UTC)
 :I always thought the joke was supposed to be that the asked for a miniature pianist, and Megan's response was sarcasm.--[[Special:Contributions/108.162.217.89|108.162.217.89]] 02:18, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
 ;MY HOBBY

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 ;MY HOBBY
-It reads"[[my hobby]] is ..." should it be included in the series? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.218.148|108.162.218.148]] 01:43, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
+It reads"[[:Category:My_Hobby|my hobby]] is ..." should it be included in the series? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.218.148|108.162.218.148]] 01:43, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
 :There is some discussion on this point near the top of the discussion section. It seems to have been agreed that the comic doesn't fit the normal style of the typical 'My Hobby' comics, and therefore wasn't really appropriate to be in that category. --[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 07:49, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
 Has anyone looked into what a miniature grand piano might actually sound like?  I think that would be quite fascinating.
 [[User:Heleatunda|Heleatunda]] ([[User talk:Heleatunda|talk]]) 22:24, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

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	It reads"[[my hobby]] is ..." should it be included in the series? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.218.148\|108.162.218.148]] 01:43, 28 August 2015 (UTC)		It reads"[[my hobby]] is ..." should it be included in the series? [[Special:Contributions/108.162.218.148\|108.162.218.148]] 01:43, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
	:There is some discussion on this point near the top of the discussion section. It seems to have been agreed that the comic doesn't fit the normal style of the typical 'My Hobby' comics, and therefore wasn't really appropriate to be in that category. --[[User:Pudder\|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder\|talk]]) 07:49, 28 August 2015 (UTC)		:There is some discussion on this point near the top of the discussion section. It seems to have been agreed that the comic doesn't fit the normal style of the typical 'My Hobby' comics, and therefore wasn't really appropriate to be in that category. --[[User:Pudder\|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder\|talk]]) 07:49, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
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		+	Has anyone looked into what a miniature grand piano might actually sound like? I think that would be quite fascinating.
		+	[[User:Heleatunda\|Heleatunda]] ([[User talk:Heleatunda\|talk]]) 22:24, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

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 :Also disagreed. The "my hobby" comics are about Randall's, and not Cueball's (albeit his alter-ego) hobbies. They all begin vey clearly with the phrase "My hobby:" in superscript before describing that hobby for comedic effect. Here, Cueball's hobby is not the subject and punchline of the comic, but rather the set-up for the joke about the size of his erm... member. It might meet the letter, but misses the spirit of the "my hobby" rubric. Any person searching for a comic in the "my hobby" series would be pretty surprised to find this one. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.21|108.162.219.21]] 08:47, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
 ::I agree with the disagreement, it's clearly not a My Hobby entry. But I still think it wouldn't hurt to have it in that category, for inclusiveness. Clearly, some subset of the proles think of it that way, so including it will help them, meanwhile harm nobody else. —[[User:Kazvorpal|Kazvorpal]] ([[User talk:Kazvorpal|talk]]) 14:56, 29 August 2017 (UTC)
 ;The pianis<s>t</s> section
 Because ''someone'' doesn't understand the joke, I'll explain it here: "Twelve-inch penis" sounds similar to "twelve-inch pianist", so the genie in the joke and the genie mentioned in the comic misheard it as the other. Try saying it out loud in English. <small>[[User:MrGameZone|0100011101100001011011010110010101011010011011110110111001100101]] ([[User talk:MrGameZone|talk page]])</small> 04:34, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

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		+	Maybe I'm wrong here, but by looking at the size of the piano compared with Cueball and having read the title text, I wonder if the joke might be that he wished for a 4-5 inch penis instead? I wasn't sure enoough to go ahead an change it though.{{unsigned\|Athang}}
		+	: If you look at the piano compared to Cueball's forearm plus hand, they are approximately the same length. Considering how the average male human is slightly shorter in height (1.7 m) than a grand piano is long (2 m), a to-scale pianist would be slightly shorter than Cueball's forearm. The average length of a 1.7 m tall person's forearm plus hand is about 47 cm, so the pianist would need to be about 40 cm. (1.7:2 = 0.85 ratio. 47 cm * 0.85 = 40 cm.) 40 cm is almost 16 inches. In [[526: Converting to Metric]], 14 cm is labeled "penis", and according to the {{w\|Kinsey Institute}}, the largest medically recorded was 13.5 inches (34 cm).
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		+	:Alternatively, the title text might have been saying "Good thing [the genie] didn't make [his penis] smaller [than it was before?], or [his penis would] need someone three inches tall to play [with] it." [[User:Tryc\|Tryc]] ([[User talk:Tryc\|talk]]) 15:20, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
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		+	:The extremely clear implication is that he asked for a 12-inch pianist, echoing the original joke. Occam's Razor and Megan's response support this view. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.223\|108.162.219.223]]
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	Currently, this comic is listed as being in the "My Hobby" series, but it doesn't fit the series description. It's not phrased as if this is Randall's hobby, it's more situation-specific than the other My Hobby comics, and the title doesn't start with "My Hobby:". Should it be removed from the list? [[User:Sciepsilon\|Sciepsilon]] ([[User talk:Sciepsilon\|talk]]) 22:19, 5 October 2013 (UTC)		Currently, this comic is listed as being in the "My Hobby" series, but it doesn't fit the series description. It's not phrased as if this is Randall's hobby, it's more situation-specific than the other My Hobby comics, and the title doesn't start with "My Hobby:". Should it be removed from the list? [[User:Sciepsilon\|Sciepsilon]] ([[User talk:Sciepsilon\|talk]]) 22:19, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
	:The first two words from Cueball are: "My hobby...". The category is appropriate here. --[[User:Dgbrt\|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt\|talk]]) 18:16, 6 October 2013 (UTC)		:The first two words from Cueball are: "My hobby...". The category is appropriate here. --[[User:Dgbrt\|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt\|talk]]) 18:16, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

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−	Maybe I'm wrong here, but by looking at the size of the piano compared with Cueball and having read the title text, I wonder if the joke might be that he wished for a 4-5 inch penis instead? I wasn't sure enoough to go ahead an change it though.{{unsigned\|Athang}}
−	: If you look at the piano compared to Cueball's forearm plus hand, they are approximately the same length. Considering how the average male human is slightly shorter in height (1.7 m) than a grand piano is long (2 m), a to-scale pianist would be slightly shorter than Cueball's forearm. The average length of a 1.7 m tall person's forearm plus hand is about 47 cm, so the pianist would need to be about 40 cm. (1.7:2 = 0.85 ratio. 47 cm * 0.85 = 40 cm.) 40 cm is almost 16 inches. In [[526: Converting to Metric]], 14 cm is labeled "penis", and according to the {{w\|Kinsey Institute}}, the largest medically recorded was 13.5 inches (34 cm).
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−	:Alternatively, the title text might have been saying "Good thing [the genie] didn't make [his penis] smaller [than it was before?], or [his penis would] need someone three inches tall to play [with] it." [[User:Tryc\|Tryc]] ([[User talk:Tryc\|talk]]) 15:20, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
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−	:The extremely clear implication is that he asked for a 12-inch pianist, echoing the original joke. Occam's Razor and Megan's response support this view. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.219.223\|108.162.219.223]]
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	Currently, this comic is listed as being in the "My Hobby" series, but it doesn't fit the series description. It's not phrased as if this is Randall's hobby, it's more situation-specific than the other My Hobby comics, and the title doesn't start with "My Hobby:". Should it be removed from the list? [[User:Sciepsilon\|Sciepsilon]] ([[User talk:Sciepsilon\|talk]]) 22:19, 5 October 2013 (UTC)		Currently, this comic is listed as being in the "My Hobby" series, but it doesn't fit the series description. It's not phrased as if this is Randall's hobby, it's more situation-specific than the other My Hobby comics, and the title doesn't start with "My Hobby:". Should it be removed from the list? [[User:Sciepsilon\|Sciepsilon]] ([[User talk:Sciepsilon\|talk]]) 22:19, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
	:The first two words from Cueball are: "My hobby...". The category is appropriate here. --[[User:Dgbrt\|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt\|talk]]) 18:16, 6 October 2013 (UTC)		:The first two words from Cueball are: "My hobby...". The category is appropriate here. --[[User:Dgbrt\|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt\|talk]]) 18:16, 6 October 2013 (UTC)