ickplant@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 4 months agoA piano made of mother-of-pearl and tortoiseshell, from 1853, New York Citylemmy.worldimagemessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down12
arrow-up114arrow-down1imageA piano made of mother-of-pearl and tortoiseshell, from 1853, New York Citylemmy.worldickplant@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squareYaky@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoJust to infuriate you more: Plastics originally were viewed as a great alternative to such waste - instead of ivory, tortoiseshell, mother of pearl, expensive wood, you could use this human-made, often much stronger, material in different colors. …and look where we are now.
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoThose poor savages back then, with tortoise shell particles in their blood probably /s
Just to infuriate you more: Plastics originally were viewed as a great alternative to such waste - instead of ivory, tortoiseshell, mother of pearl, expensive wood, you could use this human-made, often much stronger, material in different colors.
…and look where we are now.
Those poor savages back then, with tortoise shell particles in their blood probably
/s