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[[Faggotry and geekery abounds in post.]]
"In Alfred Dolge's classic book Pianos and Their Makers, we learn that archetypes of the keyboard date to antiquity and that clavis (keys) came into use on church organs almost a thousand years ago (Dolge 1911). As a musical interface, the keyboard has enjoyed remarkable longevity. Judging by its popularity on electronic musical instruments, the keyboard shows every sign of thriving for another millennium. The keyboard offers the musician rapid, sensitive articulation of multiple sounds and/or events and provides an arguably effective stand-in for ensemble players, particularly in more informal situations.
Literally millions of amateur and professional musicians have keyboard skills. For this reason, the continuing evolution of the keyboard will doubtless include designs that facilitate and possibly extend idiomatic expression. Less traditional keyboard designs will also be created that require development of new performance techniques. This article discusses recent results that represent these two different directions of development. The Bösendorfer 290 SE recording piano is a powerful system that has its roots in several centuries of player-reproducer piano technology. The Bösendorfer 290 SE senses piano key and pedal movements with very high resolution and stores these data on disk or tape for editing and mechanical playback. The Moog Multiply-Touch-Sensitive keyboard exhibits a design that reports (in two dimensions) the location of the performer's finger on the surface of a key as well as the depth of key depression. This design implies considerable extension of existing keyboard technique."
Hm. It could WORK in theory -- I could maybe improve the current piano that we have. Unless--
HEY, SHITTARDS. ANY OF YOU PIANO TUNERS? Apply here.
"In Alfred Dolge's classic book Pianos and Their Makers, we learn that archetypes of the keyboard date to antiquity and that clavis (keys) came into use on church organs almost a thousand years ago (Dolge 1911). As a musical interface, the keyboard has enjoyed remarkable longevity. Judging by its popularity on electronic musical instruments, the keyboard shows every sign of thriving for another millennium. The keyboard offers the musician rapid, sensitive articulation of multiple sounds and/or events and provides an arguably effective stand-in for ensemble players, particularly in more informal situations.
Literally millions of amateur and professional musicians have keyboard skills. For this reason, the continuing evolution of the keyboard will doubtless include designs that facilitate and possibly extend idiomatic expression. Less traditional keyboard designs will also be created that require development of new performance techniques. This article discusses recent results that represent these two different directions of development. The Bösendorfer 290 SE recording piano is a powerful system that has its roots in several centuries of player-reproducer piano technology. The Bösendorfer 290 SE senses piano key and pedal movements with very high resolution and stores these data on disk or tape for editing and mechanical playback. The Moog Multiply-Touch-Sensitive keyboard exhibits a design that reports (in two dimensions) the location of the performer's finger on the surface of a key as well as the depth of key depression. This design implies considerable extension of existing keyboard technique."
Hm. It could WORK in theory -- I could maybe improve the current piano that we have. Unless--
HEY, SHITTARDS. ANY OF YOU PIANO TUNERS? Apply here.