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humanodon · 4026 days ago · link · · parent · post: Leonardo Da Vinci's wacky piano is heard for the first time, after 500 years
Yeah, I thought you might be into this. I think it has a really rich tone. What a different musical landscape it might have been had this been built, though given the complexity, I wonder if tuning was one potential reason why it was never built. It could just be that manufacturing at the time wasn't up to it. It also says that it shares some similarities with the harpsichord, so I wonder if that means that it can't change dynamic? Anyway, here is another video of it which seems to explain more about it . . . if you speak Polish. There is some more music included though, as well as a better view of it being played.