DOUBLE KEYBOARD PIANO
A piano with two keyboards recently was perfected by Hans Barth, piano virtuoso, who used it on a concert tour he has just completed in the United States (says Popular Science). Its upper keyboard is tuned the same as that of an ordinary instrument, but the lower one is pitcher a quarter of a note lower. The quarter-tone keys permit new an unusual harmonies, such as those of Chinese and other Oriental music employing the quar-ter-tone scale. There are 14 white and 10 black keys to an octave, instead of seven white and five black. The instrument is intended for concert use only and naturally will not replace the single keyboard pianos used in homes.
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Waipa Post, Volume 42, Issue 3305, 4 June 1931, Page 2
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118DOUBLE KEYBOARD PIANO Waipa Post, Volume 42, Issue 3305, 4 June 1931, Page 2
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