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Add live links to performances of ''Arc-en-Ciel'' (1956) by Ivan Wyschnegradsky and ''Limited approximations'' (2010) by Georg Friedrich Haas; add multiple keyboards in a single instrument; fix some other things |
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* [http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/tuning/message/74155 12 note octave scales piano tuning instructions for 41edo]{{dead link}} | * [http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/tuning/message/74155 12 note octave scales piano tuning instructions for 41edo]{{dead link}} | ||
== Multiple keyboards in a single instrument == | === Multiple keyboards in a single instrument === | ||
Related to the above, a very small number of quarter-tone ([[24edo]]) pianos have been built which combine two keyboards (with the bottom one repeated at the top) in a single instrument. This arrangement works well enough for other keyboard instruments such as harpsichords and organs having multiple manuals to get different tonal quality and volume, but yields rather poor ergonomics for playing chords that span the keyboards; it also makes instruments that either sacrifice power or are very large and heavy. Here are a couple of videos of these instruments being tested/played experimentally: | Related to the above, a very small number of quarter-tone ([[24edo]]) pianos have been built which combine two keyboards (with the bottom one repeated at the top) in a single instrument. This arrangement works well enough for other keyboard instruments such as harpsichords and organs having multiple manuals to get different tonal quality and volume, but yields rather poor ergonomics for playing chords that span the keyboards; it also makes instruments that either sacrifice power or are very large and heavy. Here are a couple of videos of these instruments being tested/played experimentally: | ||