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I'm curious as to why they went for putting the keyboard on top, instead of having the soundboard emerge from the base. With the current arrangement, and the ov

• TheOtherHobbes 12y ago
  That's probably to do with where the hammers need to hit the strings. Different positions = different harmonic mix = different sound. Of course you could move the hammers with long levers. But a simpler/smaller system is always easier to build and more reliable than a complicated big system. (And it picks up less dust too.)
  • Sanddancer 12y ago
    yeah, I know that part, I was thinking more essentially flipping it upside down. The hammers would hit in the same spot as on the current piano, it's just that the sound board would be above the player instead of below. Essentially, like a grand piano that's had its sound board flipped upward instead of downward like this model.
  • mmarx 12y ago
    > Of course you could move the hammers with long levers. That changes how the keys feel, however. The longer the lever, the harder you need to push down the key, for example.
• cnvogel 12y ago
  Maybe putting the musician at an elevated position, for the audience to see was the intention? I mean, you only see his back, but that would also be the case if the instrument would be turned upside down.