Photo from Open Sources Steinway & Piano Company Sons, who managed to become famous all over the world with a soft and rich sound its keyboards, released an electronic system that simulates a game live pianist.
Musical instruments of this brand are considered the standard quality. They can be seen on almost all major pianos. concerts, and in recording studios, performers prefer use the Steinway & Sons grand pianos. What a company producing elegant, classical pianos, decided to turn to high tech, surprised everyone, but be that as it may, Steinway & Sons are again on top because the system they created Spirio has no equal in the world.
The piano is known to relate to percussion musical tools, because each of its 88 keys represents lever arm. Pianist, pressing a key, drives upholstered felt hammer. Hitting the strings, he gives us audible sound.
The unique Spirio system is far ahead of its predecessors – other electronic systems replacing live playing the piano. In contrast, the invention of Steinway & Sons striking in its complexity and functionality. Via modern software, the device is capable of provide the fastest pace of the game, synchronize pressing keys with pedal movements, simulating the best way the game the pianist.
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Spirio’s electronic memory stores 1,700 pieces of music, which are downloaded to the iPad using a special application and interact with the keyboard via Bluetooth.
The high quality of the game played by the Spirio system was appreciated several famous pianists, among whom was Jenny Ling. Piano pieces that were played without participation the pianist, in her opinion, was distinguished by extraordinary accuracy and attention to detail.
By the way, we only add that in Russia, especially among the refined art lovers, all this can be associated with Nikita’s film Mikhalkova “Unfinished Piece for a Mechanical Piano”, and therefore not to make such a favorable impression as in the West …
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