November 18th, 2009 |
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Sauter Microtone Piano
Sauter pianos is more than just a piano brand. Through the ages they are known for their experimental behavior and ideas. The Sauter Microtone Piano is one of them. See and read about it here.
Hear an example of the microtone piano here. A piece by Julián Carrillo: Balbuceos.
December 14th, 2009at 10:21 pm(#)
Cool!
I want to lay my hands on one of these. Just imagine the sounds this piano can produce!
But why use a traditional looking keyboard? Why not use all white keys? I’m just wondering if the the black keys have any reason of existance on this piano? Is this piano still based on the traditional intervals like we know it, only each interval again cut in half?
Greetings
December 15th, 2009at 1:35 am(#)
Hey Joeri, it’s a little different from what you say. On a normal piano you have a sum of 7 octaves but this one only has 1 octave spread over those 7 as musical spectrum. It means that there have to be a lot of tones between the normal semitones to compensate everything. It says that a normal fifth (for example: E and the higher B) sounds like a semitone (E and F). From there I can totally understand your opinion concerning the layout of the keyboard. I think that the builders chose the original intervals to maintain the fingerings. I you would use only white keys the keyboard will stretch to long, impossible to play on. Our ears are actually not made for these tones not to talk about our heads! But I believe in experiment and reinvention. Let your imagination go! Greets