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The clavichord plays like a piano with aftertouch. Instead of hammers bouncing off the strings with no control except speed, the strings are hit with "tangents"
by mrob 6y ago
The clavichord plays like a piano with aftertouch. Instead of hammers bouncing off the strings with no control except speed, the strings are hit with "tangents" that remain in contact with the string like tapping on a guitar. It was not often used for performance historically because it's too quiet, but modern amplification solves that problem.
- Rochus 6y agoMost of them will probably be in the museum. The modern piano has a much larger sound and dynamic range, not to mention the much better tuning stability.
- mrob 6y agoTuning stability can be solved by adding a robotic tuning mechanism as found on some guitars, and automatically tuning before every performance. Dynamic range can be increased by adding multiple keyboards, each going through different effects pedals. Even with these improvements it will still probably be cheaper than a good grand piano.
- Rochus 6y agoLike that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIZ2Ldrr5ok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIZ2Ldrr5ok?