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>once upon a time, steinberger sound (via gibson corp's mgmt & dough) >funded >the building of a prototype guitar (by bob wolstein) w/selectably >polyphonic, >in-built string drivers (ie, "e-bows"). Wow, an old dream of mine: To pick up with piezos, filter perfectly separated strings and drive a magnet. No direct feedback from piezo to magnet, all under control. The actual sound can still come from a magnetic pickup. What a pity steinberger did not make it! Did they use piezos in that prototype? I met Mr. Steinberger once, years ago, and was deeply impressed. A real and serious inventor - able to bring to the market some part of what he creates - the most important contributions to guitar after Fender and LesPaul. >insofar as i know (& much to ned steinberger's great chagrin), mr. henry >j. @ >gibson stopped the project before completion; i believe that after a year >transpired, ownership rights were supposed to revert to the estimable mr. >wolstein. >just a l'il tale, for ya's..... >best, >david torn Somewhat familiar tale. Mr. Wolstein would need a Kim Flint who has all this ability to convince mr. Henry about what are directions into the future :-) Then again, it must be a horrible responsability to guide such a big enterprise... Matthias