My 19 TET Piano

I recently got a free piano I found on craigslist tuned to 19TET. Unfortunately, it is not a very stable tuning right now (at least with the strings that came with the piano) so I am saving a little to maybe get some new piano strings. The papers taped on the keys are to help me find chords but I hope to remove them soon. An octave on there is an octave and a tritone and having done classical piano for sometime, I still expect to hear a certain note or interval when I push a key and it weirds me out still to hear something less!

-ha I said Timber instead of pronouncing it Tamber. yeah I learn most of my stuff by reading :)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• 19TET
• 19-et
• Microtonal
• Xenharmonic
• 19-equal

[jailbreakir]

as far as i have read, which isnt a lot, is that 19 tone is an octave and a fifth, not an octave and a tritone, idk it may sound better harmonically, but who knows!

[ccoraxfan]

The change in timbre is due to the upper strings being too loose for their size and length. You could make it sound more normal by using larger diameter strings, but you can't do anything about the length.

[JLMoriart]

The way the timbre of the piano changes due to the unusual tensions is neat =)

Have you heard of Isomorphic keyboards? They allow you to play multiple tunings with the same fingering, that is, you could play in 12-TET with the same fingering as 19-, 31, or even 53-TET. I've gotten into them recently and you should check them out if you're interested.

Keep Experimenting!

[uigrad]

Awesome! Can't wait to see some music for it! I know it's possible to make good 19ET music, there's just so little out there!

[leakeg]

cool!