(I had to introduce this neologism since I did not found an appropriate antonym to “modernizing”).
I made my HW system with Yamaha NP-11 keyboards**. In that time I had not a clear idea about commercial keyboards with good touch and how to bring them here.
Well, after playing everyday my favorite instrument –Arlesheim´s A. Silbermann- with the picture of the instrument in front of me , I did not feel quite comfortable playing such a wonderful instrument on a cheap plastic keyboard. So, after long doubts I decide to invest a weekend trying to make my keyboard a little similar to those existing in in Silbermann´s time, covering the plastic keys with wood (French maple).
Here is the partial result during the middle of the work
Prayer: "From wives who complaint about the living room being a mess for a while due to HW related works". LIBERA ME DOMINI¡
First keyboard completed. Comparison before-after
I was trying to get something similar to this:
http://www.fotopedia.com/wiki/Keyboard_ ... 0HVp9j7Fc0
**In previous posts I highly recommended NP-11 for incoming low budgeter Hauptwerkians given its (1) elegance, (2) affordability, (3) easy to install, and (4) the most important, its touch, a little more weighted that other keyboards of the same prize range. But now I withdraw this recommendation. Why? After disassembling he instrument I found that the mechanism for the ressistence of the key is merely the extreme of plastic of the same key: no springs, no magnets involved, just plain plastic, which for sure will suffer sooner more than later “plastic fatigue".
My though today for new haupwerkians is to save money and get a good brand keyboard, even only one (by the `price of two cheaper ones, like my NP-11s), and later the the second one... ( Midiworks, Schwindlers and Pausch are now my candidates). This is the hardest decision in HW for most of us: as everybody knows, we can see and heard organs but we can´t touch keyboards at a distance).
Anyway, if somebody likes details about how I did it, please send me a PM.
ADENDA: I just reinagurated the keyboard with Bach´s BWV 552. Strange as it sounds, the feel playing upon wood is very different. In fact, I feel myself more close to Arlesheim¡ (Gestalt?)
I made my HW system with Yamaha NP-11 keyboards**. In that time I had not a clear idea about commercial keyboards with good touch and how to bring them here.
Well, after playing everyday my favorite instrument –Arlesheim´s A. Silbermann- with the picture of the instrument in front of me , I did not feel quite comfortable playing such a wonderful instrument on a cheap plastic keyboard. So, after long doubts I decide to invest a weekend trying to make my keyboard a little similar to those existing in in Silbermann´s time, covering the plastic keys with wood (French maple).
Here is the partial result during the middle of the work
Prayer: "From wives who complaint about the living room being a mess for a while due to HW related works". LIBERA ME DOMINI¡
First keyboard completed. Comparison before-after
I was trying to get something similar to this:
http://www.fotopedia.com/wiki/Keyboard_ ... 0HVp9j7Fc0
**In previous posts I highly recommended NP-11 for incoming low budgeter Hauptwerkians given its (1) elegance, (2) affordability, (3) easy to install, and (4) the most important, its touch, a little more weighted that other keyboards of the same prize range. But now I withdraw this recommendation. Why? After disassembling he instrument I found that the mechanism for the ressistence of the key is merely the extreme of plastic of the same key: no springs, no magnets involved, just plain plastic, which for sure will suffer sooner more than later “plastic fatigue".
My though today for new haupwerkians is to save money and get a good brand keyboard, even only one (by the `price of two cheaper ones, like my NP-11s), and later the the second one... ( Midiworks, Schwindlers and Pausch are now my candidates). This is the hardest decision in HW for most of us: as everybody knows, we can see and heard organs but we can´t touch keyboards at a distance).
Anyway, if somebody likes details about how I did it, please send me a PM.
ADENDA: I just reinagurated the keyboard with Bach´s BWV 552. Strange as it sounds, the feel playing upon wood is very different. In fact, I feel myself more close to Arlesheim¡ (Gestalt?)
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