[AH] Re: [sdiy] Where to get special white keys?

[cheater cheater]

I can see what you mean but it would be very cumbersome and all the
pianist motions would have to be abandoned for such an approach.

It could be interesting to have that though in order to be able to
push those buttons *up*.... now that got me thinking.
Or maybe a row of switches above the keyboard which could send out
some additional pitch-related information, like: 'i want this note to
have a different character'. Or a per-note sustain. Or selection of
output channel for the certain note...
88 DPST switches (or actually 96) could be a bit cumbersome to install
and maintain though I think

On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 6:58 PM, Ingo Debus <igg.debus at t-online.de> wrote:
>
> Am 27.02.2009 um 11:32 schrieb cheater cheater:
>
>> Regarding width of the keys again: Maybe a curved keyboard could be
>> the answer. imagine a black-white-black-white keyboard curved around
>> the player.
>
> Here's another, perhaps goofy idea:
> Have a row of rectangular white keys, just like the white keys of a piano,
> but without the gaps for the black keys. The black keys are thin "tabs"
> above that row, pivoted behind the front panel, much like the tab switches
> of a M-series Hammond organ. They could have about the size of traditional
> black keys, but would probably be placed a bit higher.
> This way you can have white keys of traditional width, perhaps even
> narrower, which can still easily be pressed in the black-key-area, because
> you press them under, not between the black keys. It would be a bit more
> difficult to press a black and then a adjacent white (or vice versa) key
> with the same finger.
>
> Evereybody got what I mean? It's difficult to describe without a drawing.
>
> Ingo
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