Blue Man group prepared piano

[Geoff Sykes]

>From the Wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Man_Group: It's
called a Piano Smasher.
 
Piano Smasher. The Piano Smasher is a piano
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano>  stripped down to its frame and stood
up on its side. It is played by hitting the strings with a large soft
mallet, resulting in a clangy, almost discordant sound. In live
performances, this instrument is generally played with a MIDI
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIDI>  system, using sensors behind the
strings, as the instrument goes out of tune very quickly. Each Piano Smasher
is tuned to only one note, as it would be otherwise impossible to get
anything resembling a musical tone from the instrument. 
 
 
-- Geoff Sykes
-- Assoc. Los Angeles
 
 
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of daniel carlton
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 9:00 AM
To: college and university technicians; pianotech mailing list
Subject: Blue Man group prepared piano


I recently heard someone mention briefly about a piano that the Blue Man
group uses in their shows. Something about the entire piano being tuned to a
C chord or something. Anyone know about this? I'd like to try it on a junker
of mine. 
 
Daniel Carlton

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