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84" long, which judging from the images means the lowest bass string is around 44" long. That's equivalent to a relatively short cross-strung upright piano, so
by Nition 3y ago
84" long, which judging from the images means the lowest bass string is around 44" long. That's equivalent to a relatively short cross-strung upright piano, so there's nothing particularly special about the string length (longer generally sounds better).
I wonder how well the sound board would resonate.
I wonder if you could improve it by stringing the bass strings right across behind the treble strings. You could fit longer strings that way.
The hammers get further down the strings as you go. That's kind of normal but it's a bit different to normal here. Might affect the sound in some interesting way.
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Here are some more links if you'd like to see other "radical redesigns of the piano" (and these ones have actually been built):
Kavins 450i: https://klavins-pianos.com/products/model-450i/ https://klavins-pianos.com/products/model-450i/
Janko keyboard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jank%C3%B3_keyboard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jank%C3%B3_keyboard
Seaboard RISE 2: https://roli.com/products/seaboard/rise2 https://roli.com/products/seaboard/rise2
Expressive E Osmose: https://www.expressivee.com/2-osmose https://www.expressivee.com/2-osmose
Chichi Rocking Piano: https://www.facebook.com/chichi.rockingpiano/ https://www.facebook.com/chichi.rockingpiano/
Lyra Flugel piano: https://www.reddit.com/r/piano/comments/gu9lu9/lyra_flugel_and_what_to_do_next/ https://www.reddit.com/r/piano/comments/gu9lu9/lyra_flugel_a...
- DennisP 3y agoI recently got the Osmose and it's everything they said it'd be. Plus I find it quite comfortable to play.
- derriz 3y agoOsmose looks great but don’t seem to be for general sale? I suspect this sort of expanded polyphonic aftertouch will become commonplace in the future - my first exposure to the world of synths was via the relatively cheap/affordable arturia minifreak which provides poly aftertouch which seemingly until recently was rarely available or was v expensive. Seems like a very natural progression for keyboard hardware - although using the extra modulation effectively seems to be lagging. The Osmose seems to have spent a lot of effort on this aspect. Curious how you use it? As a live solo instrument? Looks like trying to exploit an instrument like this using a traditional DAW would be a nightmare.
- DennisP 3y agoIt's available now, PerfectCircuit has it in stock: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/expressive-e-osmose.html https://www.perfectcircuit.com/expressive-e-osmose.html The presets make really good use of the poly-aftertouch, which is way more comfortable than on my Hydrasynth Explorer. For pitch bend/vibrato the Osmose relies on the sideways key motion. Personally I'm a long-time piano player just lately getting into synths and recording, so I'm not sure how I'll use it exactly. But I'm envisioning uses similar to lead electric guitars, or expressive acoustic instruments. Or dialing down the pitch bend sensitivity and using it like Vangelis used the CS-80.
- jacquesm 3y agoI'd love to see what William Orbit can do with that thing.
- nologic01 3y ago> That's equivalent to a relatively short cross-strung upright piano Not being familiar with piano configurations and sizes I was wondering indeed how one could squeeze the "real piano" strings into such a small space. Apparently you can't :-) Seems to be a form over function exercise.
- Nition 3y agoThat 84" width is a lot too, about 45% wider than a normal piano.