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Innovations on the Range and Timbre of the Piano

The Alexander Piano

Adrian Alexander Mann created a piano with bass strings that are unwound and are at full linear length relative to the pitch they produce. 






M450

David Klavins and his company Klavins Piano have created a model called the M450, which is a vertical piano that uses the function of gravity and the elongated string length to create a piano with enhanced and rich harmonics. Similar to the Alexander…";}s:8:"relation";a:2:{s:10:"references";a:10:{s:21:"adrian_alexander_mann";b:0;s:13:"david_klavins";b:1;s:13:"bjorn_perborg";b:0;s:12:"wayne_stuart";b:0;s:14:"geoffrey_smith";b:0;s:10:"john_kovac";b:1;s:19:"william_a._sethares";b:0;s:14:"percy_grainger";b:0;s:13:"doug_blackley";b:0;s:13:"sarah_nicolls";b:0;}s:10:"firstimage";s:0:"";}s:8:"internal";a:2:{s:5:"cache";b:1;s:3:"toc";b:1;}}s:10:"persistent";a:5:{s:4:"date";a:2:{s:7:"created";i:1632403245;s:8:"modified";i:1634016620;}s:7:"creator";s:12:"Wesley Hicks";s:4:"user";s:4:"mete";s:11:"last_change";a:8:{s:4:"date";i:1634016620;s:2:"ip";s:14:"104.174.211.50";s:4:"type";s:1:"E";s:2:"id";s:5:"piano";s:4:"user";s:4:"mete";s:3:"sum";s:0:"";s:5:"extra";s:0:"";s:10:"sizechange";i:25;}s:11:"contributor";a:1:{s:4:"mete";s:12:"Wesley Hicks";}}}