I was reading through the web page of Tufts University this morning in
a vain attempt to find out the e-mail address of their engineering
dean.  In the process, I came upon a mention of a new program they've
got: in conjunction with Steinway, they've established an
interdisciplinary program that concerns the engineering of musical
instruments.  It's there somewhere on http://www.tufts.edu/

Mark Kinsler
-- who never associated engineering schools with musical instruments,
much, except for when they tried to get computers to compose music
in the 1960's.