> >>That is the weirdest piano I've ever seen. Even if there were some musical >> value to >>this lower "pedalboard" piano, the design and look of it makes it look >> ridiculous. It >>looks like a piano that just stepped out of a wading pool or sitzbath. > >>Even the Borgato website devotes most of the space on the website to >> rationalizing >>the existence of this bastardization of a classic instrument by citing >> historical >>references to pianos such as this in the past. There were a lot of wrong >> turns along >>the way; that doesn't mean recreating one has any validity today. > >>What's next from Borgato? The Giraffe Vertical? > >>I'm sure I'll get flamed for this---I'm just poking fun. It may very well >> be an excellent >>instrument. I'm just amused by the very thought of it, let alone the >> pictures. >>Thanks for sharing them. > >>Could this website have launched on April 1st? > >>Tom Sivak Not April 1st, sorry. I think the set-up wouldn't be too bad except for the lift of the upper instrument up onto the blocks. It's really hard to see on that video, but if I had to guess, that pedalboard slides into place just like an organ pedalboard and plays the lower instrument like an old Vorsetzer. Some "pedal" instruments had pull downs and used the same action as the fingers. At least this has a separate lower instrument like the pedal division of an organ. The pedals are dished, but don't look radial - not AGO... The pedal piano probably has a normal action in it. Hmmm... In keeping with the "practice organ" idea, I wonder if the lower instrument has an octave coupler to get a full 8 octave range? Going to the ridiculous... If he wanted to do the full historical add-ons he should have a Moòr keyboard with Janissary stop, Fagotzug, Venetian shutters, Rinky-Tink and moderator. That would be about 12 stop pedals??? ;-} -- Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT Luther College Decorah, IA
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