1/16th tone piano; was: question for the tuning masters

Greg Newell gnewell at ameritech.net
Thu Nov 1 13:46:07 MST 2007


Interesting that they use the conventional keyboard when it doesn't seem 
that it would make sense for that 97 notes in one octave configuration.

Greg Newell

Jurgen Goering wrote:
> There are a few interesting sidelines to making this piano. It is a 
> special plate of course, and it is obvious that the instrument is 
> straight (parallel) strung. The keyboard with its 97 keys is pretty 
> wide! (Although it only goes down to C3, I believe <g>). I understand 
> there are dampers all the way to the top. To collect all the hammers 
> for each microtone instrument took a while - they were "pinched", one 
> at a time, from 97 sets of Abel hammers.
> Jurgen Goering
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