[LAD] New music keyboard - new music scales.

[Fons Adriaensen]

On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 12:43:42PM +1100, Carl Adams wrote:

> I am promoting the development and manufacture of a new music keyboard
> capable of playing all traditional and some new musical scales.
> Descriptions of both can be found on my website at:
> 
> http://52midnight.com

Hmmm. I'm a great fan of using non-equally tempered
scales for music that allows it - and some music
even requires such temperaments in order to sound
as intended. But I've no desire to become associated
with the pseudo-science on your site.
 
> The new design has been placed in the public domain

That keyboard design has been in the public domain
for longer than you seem to be aware of. Any major
instrument museum will have some instruments using
it. 

As already pointed out by another poster, traditional
instruments can be and ofter are retuned in function
of the music that will be played. And electronic or
software instruments can do the same with less work.

Ciao,

-- 
FA

Laboratorio di Acustica ed Elettroacustica
Parma, Italia

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