Timeline for What modern innovations have been/are being made for the piano?
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| Dec 1, 2020 at 22:22 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by Dom♦ | ||
| Nov 28, 2020 at 1:25 | comment | added | Graham | @Aaron My understanding of Cage's prepared pianos is that they're more sound effects specific to the piece, not so much a design for a new reusable instrument. | |
| Nov 28, 2020 at 0:34 | comment | added | Aaron | Interesting to consider this in relation to John Cage's prepared pianos. | |
| Nov 24, 2020 at 16:41 | comment | added | Graham | @CarlWitthoft My understanding is that it was actually done that way at the time to make the piano louder and cut through crowd noise in a busy saloon. | |
| Nov 24, 2020 at 16:10 | comment | added | Carl Witthoft | AKA 'honky-tonk' sound. I always heard the tacks were to simulate an ancient worn-out piano where all the felt was gone and the wood was hitting the strings. | |
| Nov 24, 2020 at 15:44 | history | answered | Graham | CC BY-SA 4.0 |