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For electronic music, there is meanwhile a number of generalized keyboards that are available or are soon to be available, see followng list
For electronic music, there is meanwhile a number of generalized keyboards that are available or are soon to be available, see followng list


||~ Device/Manufacturer ||~ Layout ||
||~ Product ||~ Manufacturer ||~ Layout ||~ No. of keys ||
||= [[http://www.cortex-design.com/projects_terp1.htm|Terpstra]] ||= Hexagonal ||
|| [[http://www.cortex-design.com/projects_terp1.htm|Terpstra keyboard]] ||&lt; Cortex design ||&lt; Hexagonal ||= 280 ||
||= [[http://www.thummer.com/|Thummer]] ||= Hexagonal ||
|| [[http://www.thummer.com/|Thummer]] ||&lt; Thumtronics ||&lt; Hexagonal ||= 114 ||
||= [[http://www.h-pi.com/TPX28intro.html|Tonal Plexus]] ||= XXX ||
|| [[http://www.h-pi.com/TPX28buy.html#U-PLEX_buy|Tonal Plexus U-PLEX]], [[http://www.h-pi.com/TPX28buy.html#TPX2_buy|Tonal Plexus TPX2]], [[http://www.h-pi.com/TPX28buy.html#TPX2s_buy|Tonal Plexus TPX2s]] ||&lt; Hπ Instruments ||&lt; XXX ||= 422 ||
||= [[http://www.h-pi.com/protoMiniMOD.html|MiniMod]] ||= XXX ||
|| [[http://www.h-pi.com/TPX28buy.html#TPX4_buy|Tonal Plexus TPX4]] || Hπ Instruments ||&lt; XXX ||= 844 ||
||= [[http://www.c-thru-music.com/|Axis]] ||= Hexagonal ||
|| [[http://www.h-pi.com/TPX28buy.html#TPX6_buy|Tonal Plexus TPX6]], [[http://www.h-pi.com/TPX28buy.html#TPX6s_buy|Tonal Plexus TPX6s]] || Hπ Instruments ||&lt; XXX ||= 1266 ||
||= [[http://www.theshapeofmusic.com/|Opal]] ||= Hexagonal ||
|| [[http://www.h-pi.com/protoMiniMOD.html|MiniMod]] ||&lt; Hπ Instruments ||&lt; Various (hexagonal, rectangular et al.) XXX ||= XXX ||
||= [[http://monome.org/|Monome]] ||= Rectangular ||
|| [[http://www.c-thru-music.com/cgi/?page=prod_axis-49|AXiS-49]] ||&lt; C-Thru Music ||&lt; Hexagonal ||= 98 ||
||= [[http://www.newkeyboard.de/|Johannes Kotschy's New Keyboard]] ||= 2 manuals with 16 keys per octave each ||
|| [[http://www.c-thru-music.com/cgi/?page=prod_axis-64|AXis-64]] ||&lt; C-Thru Music ||&lt; Hexagonal ||= 192 ||
||= [[http://daskin.com/|Daskin]] ||= [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janko_keyboard|Janko]] ||
|| [[http://www.theshapeofmusic.com/|Opal Chameleon, Opal Gekko]] ||&lt; Opal ||&lt; Hexagonal ||= 192 ||
|| [[http://monome.org/devices|Monome 64]] ||&lt; Monome ||&lt; Rectangular ||= 64 ||
|| [[http://monome.org/devices|Monome 128]] ||&lt; Monome ||&lt; Rectangular ||= 128 ||
|| [[http://monome.org/devices|Monome 256]] ||&lt; Monome ||&lt; Rectangular ||= 256 ||
|| [[http://www.newkeyboard.de/|Johannes Kotschy's New Keyboard]] ||&lt; XXX ||&lt; 2 manuals with 16 keys per octave each ||= XXX ||
|| [[http://daskin.com/page2/page2.html|Daskin 5]] ||&lt; Daskin Manufacturing ||&lt; [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janko_keyboard|Janko]] ||= 203 ||
|| [[http://daskin.com/page2/page2.html|Daskin 6]] || Daskin Manufacturing || [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janko_keyboard|Janko]] ||= 244 ||


A very special class of microtonal midi controllers are "fretless" ones, for example by:
A very special class of microtonal midi controllers are "fretless" ones, for example by:
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&lt;table class="wiki_table"&gt;
&lt;table class="wiki_table"&gt;
     &lt;tr&gt;
     &lt;tr&gt;
         &lt;th&gt;Device/Manufacturer&lt;br /&gt;
         &lt;th&gt;Product&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/th&gt;
        &lt;th&gt;Manufacturer&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/th&gt;
         &lt;th&gt;Layout&lt;br /&gt;
         &lt;th&gt;Layout&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/th&gt;
        &lt;th&gt;No. of keys&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/th&gt;
     &lt;/tr&gt;
     &lt;/tr&gt;
     &lt;tr&gt;
     &lt;tr&gt;
         &lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.cortex-design.com/projects_terp1.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;Terpstra&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
         &lt;td&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.cortex-design.com/projects_terp1.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;Terpstra keyboard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;Cortex design&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;Hexagonal&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
         &lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;Hexagonal&lt;br /&gt;
         &lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;280&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
     &lt;/tr&gt;
     &lt;/tr&gt;
     &lt;tr&gt;
     &lt;tr&gt;
         &lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.thummer.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Thummer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
         &lt;td&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.thummer.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Thummer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;Thumtronics&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;Hexagonal&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
         &lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;Hexagonal&lt;br /&gt;
         &lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;114&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
     &lt;/tr&gt;
     &lt;/tr&gt;
     &lt;tr&gt;
     &lt;tr&gt;
         &lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.h-pi.com/TPX28intro.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Tonal Plexus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
        &lt;td&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.h-pi.com/TPX28buy.html#U-PLEX_buy" rel="nofollow"&gt;Tonal Plexus U-PLEX&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.h-pi.com/TPX28buy.html#TPX2_buy" rel="nofollow"&gt;Tonal Plexus TPX2&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.h-pi.com/TPX28buy.html#TPX2s_buy" rel="nofollow"&gt;Tonal Plexus TPX2s&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;Hπ Instruments&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;XXX&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;422&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;tr&gt;
        &lt;td&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.h-pi.com/TPX28buy.html#TPX4_buy" rel="nofollow"&gt;Tonal Plexus TPX4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td&gt;Hπ Instruments&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;XXX&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
         &lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;844&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;tr&gt;
        &lt;td&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.h-pi.com/TPX28buy.html#TPX6_buy" rel="nofollow"&gt;Tonal Plexus TPX6&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.h-pi.com/TPX28buy.html#TPX6s_buy" rel="nofollow"&gt;Tonal Plexus TPX6s&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td&gt;Hπ Instruments&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;XXX&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;1266&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;tr&gt;
        &lt;td&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.h-pi.com/protoMiniMOD.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;MiniMod&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;Hπ Instruments&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;Various (hexagonal, rectangular et al.) XXX&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
         &lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;XXX&lt;br /&gt;
         &lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;XXX&lt;br /&gt;
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     &lt;/tr&gt;
     &lt;/tr&gt;
     &lt;tr&gt;
     &lt;tr&gt;
         &lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.h-pi.com/protoMiniMOD.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;MiniMod&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
        &lt;td&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.c-thru-music.com/cgi/?page=prod_axis-49" rel="nofollow"&gt;AXiS-49&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;C-Thru Music&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;Hexagonal&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
         &lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;98&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;tr&gt;
        &lt;td&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.c-thru-music.com/cgi/?page=prod_axis-64" rel="nofollow"&gt;AXis-64&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;C-Thru Music&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;Hexagonal&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;192&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
         &lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;XXX&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;tr&gt;
        &lt;td&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.theshapeofmusic.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Opal Chameleon, Opal Gekko&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;Opal&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;Hexagonal&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;192&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;tr&gt;
        &lt;td&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://monome.org/devices" rel="nofollow"&gt;Monome 64&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;Monome&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;Rectangular&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
         &lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;64&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
     &lt;/tr&gt;
     &lt;/tr&gt;
     &lt;tr&gt;
     &lt;tr&gt;
         &lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.c-thru-music.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Axis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
         &lt;td&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://monome.org/devices" rel="nofollow"&gt;Monome 128&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
         &lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;Hexagonal&lt;br /&gt;
        &lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;Monome&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;Rectangular&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
         &lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;128&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
     &lt;/tr&gt;
     &lt;/tr&gt;
     &lt;tr&gt;
     &lt;tr&gt;
         &lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.theshapeofmusic.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Opal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
         &lt;td&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://monome.org/devices" rel="nofollow"&gt;Monome 256&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;Monome&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;Rectangular&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
         &lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;Hexagonal&lt;br /&gt;
         &lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;256&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
     &lt;/tr&gt;
     &lt;/tr&gt;
     &lt;tr&gt;
     &lt;tr&gt;
         &lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://monome.org/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Monome&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
         &lt;td&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.newkeyboard.de/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Johannes Kotschy's New Keyboard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;XXX&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;2 manuals with 16 keys per octave each&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
         &lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;Rectangular&lt;br /&gt;
         &lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;XXX&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
     &lt;/tr&gt;
     &lt;/tr&gt;
     &lt;tr&gt;
     &lt;tr&gt;
         &lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.newkeyboard.de/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Johannes Kotschy's New Keyboard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
         &lt;td&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://daskin.com/page2/page2.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Daskin 5&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
         &lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;2 manuals with 16 keys per octave each&lt;br /&gt;
        &lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;Daskin Manufacturing&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janko_keyboard" rel="nofollow"&gt;Janko&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
         &lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;203&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
     &lt;/tr&gt;
     &lt;/tr&gt;
     &lt;tr&gt;
     &lt;tr&gt;
         &lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://daskin.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;Daskin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
         &lt;td&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://daskin.com/page2/page2.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Daskin 6&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td&gt;Daskin Manufacturing&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
        &lt;td&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janko_keyboard" rel="nofollow"&gt;Janko&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
         &lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janko_keyboard" rel="nofollow"&gt;Janko&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
         &lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;244&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
     &lt;/tr&gt;
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