Hello Mr. Olsen, I am glad to make your acquaintance. The Sauter 1/16th. tone piano was developed in co-operation with an avant garde composer. It has a full eight octaves of (97) keys, which are otherwise standard in appearance. However, the very bottom note (C) and the very top note (c) only span one one octave. Each semi-tone key played in chromatic sequence produces a pitch just 1/16th of a tone different. To find a whole semi-tone from any given note is the normal interval of a minor sixth. An example would be to go from C to C# one plays first the C and then the Ab above. The piano is straight strung; there is one long bridge which slopes shallowly from end to end. I'll be glad to try to answer any further questions, Ted_Sambell@banffcentre.ab.ca -----Original Message----- From: Leif Olsen [mailto:leifo@image.dk] Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 3:49 AM To: caut@ptg.org Subject: Re: Hamburg Pinblock? Hello Mr. Sambell, Ted. > Also a Sauter > vertical with the bottom and top notes only one octave apart, and all the > keys in between 1/16th. of a whole tone apart.... Will you please explain a little, I'm mystificated. -- Pianoshop Leif Olsen D.P.I.F. Denmark
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