Placed on the 230 strings inside the piano, these objects muffle or choke the timbre of the sound produced when a key on the keyboard is pressed. Moran was first exposed to prepared piano while ...

I didn’t have the proper tools to cut the heavy casted metal frame that holds the strings inside the piano, the harp, so I decided not to use it. 'It is not a functioning piano and I consider it ...

History The piano is a keyboard instrument descended from early instruments like the clavichord and harpsichord, which used strings inside the instrument's body which were plucked or struck. But it's ...

A tipster who peaked under the lid of Billy Joel’s Steinway grand piano tells me there are no strings inside. The 88 ivories are connected to an electronic synthesizer. “The fans don’t know it.

These will all end up inside his "prepared" piano ... Sponsor Message The piano is both a string and a percussion instrument, since felt-covered hammers hit strings to produce sound.

Let's do it. OK so this might be a piano but its actually also a string instrument. If we look inside you can see that there are stringsof different lengths and thicknesses. At this end the ...