I received a response from Paul Varner at Houston Piano. He tells me that they've changed the harpsichord description and are planning on updating the history over time.
(I imagine that they sell Roland instruments, so the reference on their site may just be part of their agreement with Roland.)
(I imagine that they sell Roland instruments, so the reference on their site may just be part of their agreement with Roland.)
]]>Their page have reference to V-piano but not to pianoteq (launched years before V-piano). What a shame, someone needs to talk with them.
]]>They probably got confused about hammered harpsichords.
The water organ uses air, while the water just works to push the air.
Thanks. I did a very little research on it. (As in using Google.) So the water simply provided hydraulic pressure, which pushed more air than a simple bellows would, and thus increased the amplitude? One surprising thing that I read is that the Roman baths sometimes had these. The Romans invented Muzac? Or took it from the Greeks.
And they had an organ at the Coliseum that apparently served the same purpose as the organ in modern American baseball games. See the next to last mosaic panel and text at: http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/enc...ennig.html
]]>The water organ uses air, while the water just works to push the air.
]]>But the recordings of the earlier instruments are fascinating. Many of these instruments remind me of some modern synth sounds. Many just sound wonderful, like the psaltery And of course, I want, but will not request, that they be duplicated in Pianoteq. Unless other people request them too...
I didn't know about the water organ either. Not sure that I understand what the water contributes.
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