I follow the commercial distribution in Italy and Ciresa Srl (Fabio Ognibeni, the CEO and owner, is also the inventor) owns the Resonance Piano project, registered mark and research and development.

I can not share the technical details of the solutions found by Ciresa to make this product. What I can say is that the transducers are many and of different types according to different frequency ranges. Their positioning on the soundboard is the result of measurement of the most efficient "nodal points" resulting from the laboratory acoustic mapping: in this way a great acoustic efficiency is achieved using few watts, but above all the spatiality of the sound and the location of the bass areas, medium, medium high and trebles on the different parts of the soundboard is perfect as in a traditional acoustic piano. The emission power is very similar to that of a grand concert tail. The lower soundboard privileges and reinforces the low notes. The control (audio-boards electronic) designed for this product by Ciresa srl with external consultants is only one, configured to manage the entire sound spectrum in "nine sections". The acoustic project, which goes hand in hand with the phisical project of the soundboard and the ribs, was the most complex part of the research and it has been completed succesfully thanks to the construction skills of Ciresa srl.
Of course for you to confirm these characteristics that I tried poorly to describe in words it would be necessary to try Resonance Piano in person with your own ears. We welcome you in Italy's Val di Fiemme!

Thanks a lot and hello,
Lamberto

There are actually two soundboards and transducers in between.

Hi Lamberto,

This is great work that you and Ciresa are doing and I heartily wish you the best of success!  The "piano of the future" is surely becoming a reality. 

I'm quite fascinated by all this and, as an enthusiast, have a couple of questions for you: how many transducers do you use between the two soundboards?  what wattage are they and what sort of an amp setup is driving them?  are they configured equally between the two soundboards in the manner of an acoustic instrument's bridges or have you guys opted for some other configuration?

grazie mille e ciao,
dj

Lanny

But I would go a step closer, if had resorces. I would try to design a system using some steel ressonator (with transducers) to create the piano harp and trebble sounds.  It would ideal for pianoteq, since Modartt could (in theory) create a pianoteq version with separated chanels, like one for the soundboard, other for the piano harp, other for the piano body, to achieve the mosat advanced digital piano system on Earth.

Hi everybody. I am in charge of Resonance Piano from Italy. We are introducing it next tuesday 26 th in a shop in Italy. Should you need any specs or curiosità about this magnificent new Product I am at your full disposal. Lamberto.calderoni@crescendosrl.it grazie ☺️

effebal wrote:

The idea behind this product (http://resonancepiano.com/index-en.php) looks interesting: a piano coda to be attached to a digital piano that doesn't use speakers, but transducers applied directly to the harmonic woods.

Looking for more info, I've found a review (but only in Italian language): https://www.dday.it/redazione/28890/res...recensione

Anyway it seems too expensive, at least compared to a real grand piano.

Hi Lamberto,
I'm wondering if you could live streaming this introduction presentation on a youtube channel. Moreover, are you thinking to use Pianoteq as piano source?

Pianoteq is probably better suited than most piano products in this regard as no reverb is baked into the sound is it can be with typical piano sample libraries.
Probably start with the prelude patches as they replicate the seated musician position, as opposed to the recorded audience positions.

I wonder about prices...

The article says 12800€+VAT