Originally published at: Watch (and hear) a prototype foot-operated "palm mute" device for piano | Boing Boing
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Very cool - thank you for sharing!
YT recommended another video featuring the palm mute pedal - I thought this was beautiful
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In the first few seconds of the video you hear a few notes with the pedal … heavily applied? I almost felt let down… and then we reach 1:30 in the video.
Blown away; that sound is captivating.
I keep thinking that I should be able to pinpoint another instrument it sounds like: a plucked guitar, hammer dulcimer, or even the PVC pipes & flip flops used by Blue Man group. Nothing quite fits.
Thank you @beschizza , @atteSmythe for sharing this.
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Some aspects of the palm mute sound remind me of oriental music, something like the koto–though I don’t know why, since the koto has tons of reverb
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I got the same vibe. I think it’s the note choices or the mode that’s being played. Kinda of like the way guitarists like Derek Trucks incorporate raga-style playing with their slide guitar playing.
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YouTube also recommends this unedited 8 minute video
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That sounds interesting! Though it’s hardly news that there are many ways to prepare a piano.
Bolts in a piano? Pff, how about using a toilet brush?
That’s ^^^ Nils Frahm again, showing why he’s the perfect person to test the palm-mute, as he already has plenty of experience getting new and exciting noises out of pianos:
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