• postmateDumbass@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    Honestly, i thought about the chemical energy in the materials constructing the piano and what energy burning it would release.

    • xthexder@l.sw0.com
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      18 hours ago

      The tension of the strings would actually be a pretty miniscule amount of energy too, since there’s very little stretch to a piano wire, the force might be high, but the potential energy/work done to tension the wire is low (done by hand with a wrench).

      Compared to burning a piece of wood, which would release orders of magnitude more energy.