https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/01/magnetic-resonator-piano-demo/ Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:28:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/01/magnetic-resonator-piano-demo/#comment-508673 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 18:28:10 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/10/01/magnetic-resonator-piano-demo/#comment-508673 Maybe it was the choice of music, which I didn’t much care for, but the video left me unimpressed. It seems like a curiosity. Perhaps the sound is ‘better’ than a synthesizer’s (since it’s not going through speakers) and different in some desirable way from an organ’s, but hardly worth the trouble. Then again, I’m not that much of an audiophile, either.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/01/magnetic-resonator-piano-demo/#comment-508672 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 22:17:49 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/10/01/magnetic-resonator-piano-demo/#comment-508672 So it’s for piano what an Ebow is for a guitar.
An Ebow’s a cool little device, basically one of these electromagnetic ‘actuators’ but hand-held. it makes the guitar sound like it’s being bowed. I’m sure there’s dozens of videos on youtube showing it in action, go have a look.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/01/magnetic-resonator-piano-demo/#comment-508671 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 20:40:29 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/10/01/magnetic-resonator-piano-demo/#comment-508671 Sounded harsh and dissonant to me.

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