Musical Intrument Blog #1

I think that I would be interested in making a thumb piano, it is a hand held instrument with metal keys that vibrate to make sound. It is very pretty sounding when tuned, and the way that it gets tuned is how long the metal keys are. Because it is small and gives off such a pretty clear sound, it does make me think about how i can create and change that sound. What i observe when i look at a thumb piano being played is the metal makes it sound from vibrating on other metal. Contrary to what it looks like from far away, the thumb piano has a metal strip that lays underneath the keys and i notice that when it gets played the keys vibrate up an down on the metal strip, producing the sound in waves.
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Thumb Piano Tuning
Thumb Piano Tuning

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