Just played one "pianino " today (6 octaves I guess) . The 2 strings unisons are definitively very different from usual piano tone (not for the better unfortunately). Like if you play with the left pedal, but even less lively. The Yamaha COP 80 also exhibit that kind of tone in fact. Not convinced Best Isaac OLEG -----Message d'origine----- De : pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]De la part de Stephen Birkett Envoye : mercredi 16 juin 2004 16:16 A : Pianotech Objet : Re: Two-String Piano Terry wrote: >Seems to me then that there SHOULD be a market for home pianos that have a >most two strings per note. Advantages would be better tuning stability >(unisons) and lower cost and weight. .... >But waddaya think about such an idea? Well nothing is new under the sun. Bichord grand pianos were marketed by French manufacturers (e.g. Boisselot, Pleyel etc.) mid-19th century. Reasoning presumably what Terry suggests. From the ones I've come across I believe the bichord was musically acceptable for domestic use and with some practical and economic benefits...but the idea was one of those countless innovations that had a fling and peetered out. Stephen -- Dr Stephen Birkett Associate Professor Department of Systems Design Engineering University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario Canada N2L 3G1 E3 Room 3158 tel: 519-888-4567 Ext. 3792 fax: 519-746-4791 PianoTech Lab Room E3-3160 Ext. 7115 mailto: sbirkett[at]real.uwaterloo.ca http://real.uwaterloo.ca/~sbirkett _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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