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 > Piano Forte Supply > (250) 754-2440 > info at pianofortesupply.com > http://www.pianofortesupply.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20071101/8af31884/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 56072 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20071101/8af31884/attachment-0001.jpe
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