A piano is a machine, but you've got ivory and there's weight behind the keys and you have … - Tod Machover

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I hate false advertising, like 'Skittles: taste the rainbow. ' No one's ever been like, 'Rainbow, right you guys?' Or what's Reese's? 'There's no wrong way to eat a Reese's. ' Oh, really? Tell that to my uncle who used to put them in my underwear. Alright, maybe your uncles didn't love you.

Tod Machover

A piano is a machine, but you've got ivory and there's weight behind the keys and you have this really - you feel the resonance in the instrument, you feel the vibration in the pedal. I mean, these a still very crude.

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