I imagine that the tension on a traditional piano strings would be too
high to be able to do this kind of thing with them.

2009/11/23 Peiman Khosravi :
> Yes I agree.
> I would prefer to use a sampler re-tuned, it would sound more like a piano.
> What's the point of making a purely acoustic piano over an electronic one if
> it sounds less like an acoustic piano!
> Interestingly the pianist lady is complaining about Indian musicians using
> keyboards with western tuning and yet she is playing conventional western
> harmonies over an "indian backdrop". The residue of a victorian approach,
> and what's worse, playing the genuine persona. Sorry but I couldn't keep
> quite, it's my pet hate, having lived in Iran where many composers have a
> similar mentality, trying to introduce polyphony and harmony into
> traditional music: the former rarely goes beyond heterophony and the later
> steps no further than poorly conceived early romanticism.
> P
> On 23 Nov 2009, at 19:44, Victor Lazzarini wrote:
>
> This should interest you microtonalists out there. Interesting idea, but my
> problem is that it does not sound anything like a piano. I was trying to
> think what, harpsichord... clavichord... no, then I thought it's like a
> hammered dulcimer. Nice, but not a piano.
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/video/2009/nov/22/fluid-piano-classical-music
>
> Victor
>


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Yes true. I guess there could be some sort of motorized mechanism for  
tuning the strings though. But it would be noisy in the case.

P

On 23 Nov 2009, at 22:30, Rory Walsh wrote:

> I imagine that the tension on a traditional piano strings would be too
> high to be able to do this kind of thing with them.
>
> 2009/11/23 Peiman Khosravi :
>> Yes I agree.
>> I would prefer to use a sampler re-tuned, it would sound more like  
>> a piano.
>> What's the point of making a purely acoustic piano over an  
>> electronic one if
>> it sounds less like an acoustic piano!
>> Interestingly the pianist lady is complaining about Indian  
>> musicians using
>> keyboards with western tuning and yet she is playing conventional  
>> western
>> harmonies over an "indian backdrop". The residue of a victorian  
>> approach,
>> and what's worse, playing the genuine persona. Sorry but I couldn't  
>> keep
>> quite, it's my pet hate, having lived in Iran where many composers  
>> have a
>> similar mentality, trying to introduce polyphony and harmony into
>> traditional music: the former rarely goes beyond heterophony and  
>> the later
>> steps no further than poorly conceived early romanticism.
>> P
>> On 23 Nov 2009, at 19:44, Victor Lazzarini wrote:
>>
>> This should interest you microtonalists out there. Interesting  
>> idea, but my
>> problem is that it does not sound anything like a piano. I was  
>> trying to
>> think what, harpsichord... clavichord... no, then I thought it's  
>> like a
>> hammered dulcimer. Nice, but not a piano.
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/video/2009/nov/22/fluid-piano-classical-music
>>
>> Victor
>>
>
>
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Digging a little deeper, turns out that the hammer dulcimer is  
actually Geoff Smith's main interest - so perhaps it's not so surprising

http://www.dulcimer.co.uk/biog.htm

Joe

www.joeofarrell.com


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