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but.... why not just design it so the keyboard is on ground level, and the strings go up instead of down? is this just a design flex?
by knodi123 8y ago
but.... why not just design it so the keyboard is on ground level, and the strings go up instead of down? is this just a design flex?
- TheRealPomax 8y agoYou don't want to sit in front of strings that loud and sympathetic (meaning one string makes many other strings vibrate along both due to harmonics as well as plain physical vibration travelling into them). It would be super uncomfortaable and players would damage their hearing so fast. You want to be out of the path of the sound, not just for the "listener"s benefit, but absolutely also your own. It's why grand pianos reflect sound "to the side". If you used the upright approach of sending it over the pianist, you'd end up with a lot of damaged ears and broken players.