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Innovations on the Piano.
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.
The 5 Key Piano
The Beleura Piano
Wayne Stuart and his company Stuart and Sons has released a piano called the Beleura which has a range of 108 notes.
Piano Modifications
Prepared Piano
Experimental Pianos
The Hyperpiano
William A. Sethares constructed a prototype of the Hyperpiano, a piano with the string modified to no longer be of consistent thickness, which each string having segments of thicker and thinner wire, which makes the instrument have a vastly different set of harmonics then a standard piano.
The Butterfly Piano
Percy Grainger created a 1/6th tone piano to use in his musical compositions.
List of Piano Innovators
Doug Blackley- Inventor of the Spectrumpiano.
Percy Grainger- Built a 1/6th tone piano known as the Butterfly Piano
David Klavins- Maker of experimental and expanded function pianos known for the M450 and the Una Corda
Sarah Nicolls- Builder of the Future Piano and the Inside Out Piano, she is interested in expanding the piano.
William A. Sethares- Inventor of the Hyperpiano.
Wayne Stuart- Maker of the Beleura a 108 key piano
Adrian Alexander Mann- Builder of the Alexander Piano, a piano with extended bass strings.
Bjorn Perborg- builder of a functioning sound sculpture that is a 5 key piano