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  • 1.  The 7'6" Butterfly Piano

    Posted 05-18-2018 22:17
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    Well, I had this design of mine shelved for some time now (wow since 2010), and i frankly had forgotten about it. At the time, i had the guts to build it, but not enough funds. Now I have the money, but I don't have the guts to do it now. Go figure!
    -chris
    #caveman

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  • 2.  RE: The 7'6" Butterfly Piano

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 05-18-2018 23:02
    Ah, you should! I'd love to see how it turns out. Would the sound really be superior? Only building it could answer that.

    Steven G. (Forgive me, I forgot your last name) once mentioned an idea similar to this. Maybe if he would like to chime in here?

    Anyway, let us know if this project gets built!

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  • 3.  RE: The 7'6" Butterfly Piano

    Posted 05-19-2018 06:03
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    Nothing a well-placed 6-foot cut-off bar couldn't fix!

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  • 4.  RE: The 7'6" Butterfly Piano

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 05-19-2018 07:45
    Looks interesting, Chris.  What is the logic behind the shape of the rim?

    Will Truitt

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  • 5.  RE: The 7'6" Butterfly Piano

    Posted 05-19-2018 22:05
    A cut-off bar would be contrary to this design concept. The design came to me when i threw a rock into a pond, and i watched the ripples expand out in circles. I felt there may be some use for it for the larger concert halls. I noticed at a couple concerts i went to that the Steinway D was barely audible with a full symphony orchestra. 
    The rib scale was interesting. Most traditional rib scales hover around .75" cross section per linear inch. The butterfly is about .87" per linear inch. I would test the deflection ranges first to verify, if i was to make the thing. But, only way that happened is if somewhat like a Trump commissioned one. 
    Funny was the skid board i designed for it. I'll leave that to your imagination.
    -chris

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    A hunter's drumbeat steers the stampeding herd,
    His belly growls in hunger to what he sees.
    The mammoth aware blows his mighty trumpet,
    But alas, the caveman tickles the ivories.

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  • 6.  RE: The 7'6" Butterfly Piano

    Posted 05-19-2018 22:20
    With a cut off bar like that, aren't you in effect putting a 5' piano inside a 6' piano?
    -chris

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