[sdiy] piano reverb

[Harry Bissell Jr]

Well this may not be obvious to all... but if you
do a DIY 'harp reverb' it would be possible to string
BOTH sides of the harp and make the tension
equalized... resisting the tendency to twist the harp.

Low and high strings need not be in order, either...
that could make things a lot easier

H^) harry


--- jhno <ear at heldscala.com> wrote:

> 
> >> can often be found dirt cheap because they are
> heavy and big
> >
> >Is this really true? I thought these were pretty
> rare. I haven't seen
> >one offered for ages. Does anyone have any idea for
> how much they are
> >going?
> 
> okay, yipes. it looks like these have gotten kind of
> rare after all.
> 
> here is a really nice primer on buying old synths
> and ep's:
> 
> http://www.alphaentek.com/synths.htm
> 
> i fell in love with the cp-70 after playing one on a
> jazz gig in san
> antonio around 1991. the action just felt so great.
> as it is a real piano,
> they benefit greatly from the attentions of a
> technician who knows what
> they are doing.
> 
> of course... if you are going to just use the
> (easily detachable) harp,
> which also contains all the electronics, you don't
> need to worry about the
> finer points of voicing and regulating the action.
> 
> for such purposes, try to find a parts machine, or a
> beat up thing.
> actually it is possible to e.g. detune the piano
> entirely and use it as a
> just intoned reverb without messing up the
> instrument. but they deserve
> some respect.
> 
> i really think the scarcity of commerce with them is
> due to the fact that
> they are so freaking heavy. the action and harp come
> apart, and weigh
> something like 200 pounds apiece (i think the harp
> is easily heavier, more
> like 250). so if they trade hands, they probably do
> so at a local level,
> not ebay et. al.
> 
> after playing that one in san antonio, i started
> looking around a little,
> and an old piano teacher sold me his for $500. i
> have dragged it around
> with me all over creation, a labor of love. he just
> wanted to get rid of it
> - an unwieldy useless piece of junk to him. like
> with hammonds, there are
> likely a few in similar situations, growing
> intricate cobwebs in a basement
> corner.
> 
> note that there is also a cp-80, which is EVEN
> BIGGER - full 88 keys. note
> also that cp-30 et. al. are not the same - they are
> piano synths.
> 
> i HAVE seen a couple of oddball hybrid
> acoustic/electric pianos out
> there... one at the old black market music in san
> francisco... i am
> thinking it may have been a kawai? who knows whether
> it is applicable, or
> there are others like it.
> 
> finally, of course, the diligent SDIYist may simply
> jump on with a bunch of
> piano wire and pickups. i have been thinking of
> making an actually
> portable, tunable many-string reverb. another great
> idea out of the bag.
> anybody hear of something like this?
> 
> jhno
> 
> 
> 
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