British musician, Geoff Smith, has recently redesigned a key instrument in western classical composition, the piano. Ten years in the making, this purely acoustic instrument introduces microtonal tuning capabilities on each note, so that they can all be altered while being played. No longer restricted to western tonal systems, the Fluid Piano can now be inserted into musical compositions of different cultures that use more microtonal based scales.
Guardian video clip of newly designed piano
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