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The American Festival of Microtonal Music in NYC produced the Terpstra keyboard with Dylan Horvath in Toronto after the design of Siemen Terpstra in Amsterdam was chosen for the project, based on even earlier ideas. We use the instrument periodically for concerts. Joel Mandelbaum, author of America's first microtonal dissertation (1960, Indiana University, Multiple Divisions of the Octave), and an AFMM Board Member, provided most of the funding (through the Maldeb Foundation), and the initial costs were formidable. The second instrument was funded by the Canadian Government.

Of course,10 or 20 prospective purchases of the synthesizer model would make it allowable for building more of them.

I plan a new Terpstra recording by Rami Seo - NEXUS - on the AFMM web site soon: www.afmm.org

all best in microtonality,

Johnny Reinhard

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Re: The Terpstra Keyboard - limited edition by "hstraub64" hstraub64

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Re: The Terpstra Keyboard - limited edition

Wed Aug 15, 2012 1:26 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"hstraub64" hstraub64

Bogdan, WHERE CAN I ORDER THIS?!

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Bogdan" <baros_ilogic@...> wrote:
>
> --- This is a double post from
> --- "The Xenharmonic Alliance" Facebook Group.
> --- To see the pictures, follow the link:
> --- https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.10150998052409482
>
>
> Would you be interested in a limited-edition, not-in-production generalised keyboard?
>
>
> Layout: matrix, 2D hexagonal, completely generalised. The geometry of the Terpstra keyboard layout is characterized by a vertical shift in position between the top surface of a key and the six keys adjacent to it. This results in an intuitive feel for changes in pitch as your fingers move across the keyboard.
>
> Each key has a removable magnetic key cap, so different colored or labeled key caps can be easily swapped around when you re-map the keys to a different scale.
>
> "The main difference with our keyboard is the expressivity allowed by the mechanical action of the keys, which is completely different from other similar keyboards that had been produced in the past."
>
> The key sensing for the Terpstra is one of a kind because the electronics constantly monitor the position of every key by magnetically sensing for the whole key throw (not by triggering switches at the bottom of the key press and measuring the time differential). When a key is depressed, the entire change in position is monitored and translated to a very accurate and nuanced velocity by the time the key hits the bottom.
>
> "I am a keyboard player and the feel of the Terpstra was really exceptional and had very expressive touch that was lighter but much like a real piano, only faster."
>
> Every key is easily re-mappable and if mapped to a continuous controller, then slowly depressing any re-mapped key sends out continuous data like a fader in real time. It does all of this with no latency.
>
> "Upon seeing it, I could immediately appreciate the manufacturing quality of this prototype â" well made thick aluminum case with a look and solidity that is reminiscent of Apple G5 and 8-core towers."
>
> Keyboards take a huge amount of abuse during live performance. This one is a precision machine built like a tank; it can withstand the constant pounding of an energetic concert performance.
>
> This innovative and quality controller has a key layout that, unlike the Bosanquet, JankÃ³ and other generalized/isomorphic keyboards, puts each key at a slightly different height â" which when combined with the irregular shape of the front row of keys, allows you to feel where your hands are on the keys without looking. This means that for the first time you can play a matrix keyboard without having to constantly look at it to know where you are.
>
> "I would LOVE to map some keys to sweep filters, and leave other keys as notes to trigger the sounds feeding through the filter. This WOULD be the funkiest microtonal thing ever!"
>
>
> The product designers who built the only 2 working prototypes are ready to take a 20-pieces order. The first one is mine, so there are 19 "available". The culprit is, it cannot go into production unless there are at least 20 buyers.
>
> Price: 2189 USD / 1789 EUR
>
> Alternatives:
> C-Thru Music Axis 64 - 2312 USD / 1887 EUR
> Opal Gecko - 3749 USD / 3060 EUR
> StarrLabs MicroZone U-648 - 3995 USD / 3261 EUR
>

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On Aug 16, 2012, at 8:03 AM, Johnny Reinhard <Afmmjr@...> wrote:

> The American Festival of Microtonal Music in NYC produced the Terpstra keyboard with Dylan Horvath in Toronto after the design of Siemen Terpstra in Amsterdam was chosen for the project, based on even earlier ideas. We use the instrument periodically for concerts. Joel Mandelbaum, author of America's first microtonal dissertation (1960, Indiana University, Multiple Divisions of the Octave), and an AFMM Board Member, provided most of the funding (through the Maldeb Foundation), and the initial costs were formidable. The second instrument was funded by the Canadian Government.
>
> Of course,10 or 20 prospective purchases of the synthesizer model would make it allowable for building more of them.
>
> I plan a new Terpstra recording by Rami Seo - NEXUS - on the AFMM web site soon: www.afmm.org
>
> all best in microtonality,
>
> Johnny Reinhard
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tuning <tuning@yahoogroups.com>
> To: tuning <tuning@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thu, Aug 16, 2012 6:56 am
> Subject: [tuning] Digest Number 7693
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> Re: The Terpstra Keyboard - limited edition by "hstraub64" hstraub64
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> Re: The Terpstra Keyboard - limited edition
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> Wed Aug 15, 2012 1:26 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
>
> "hstraub64" hstraub64
>
>
>
> Bogdan, WHERE CAN I ORDER THIS?!
>
> --- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, "Bogdan" <baros_ilogic@...> wrote:
> >
> > --- This is a double post from
> > --- "The Xenharmonic Alliance" Facebook Group.
> > --- To see the pictures, follow the link:
> > --- https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.10150998052409482
> >
> >
> > Would you be interested in a limited-edition, not-in-production generalised keyboard?
> >
> >
> > Layout: matrix, 2D hexagonal, completely generalised. The geometry of the Terpstra keyboard layout is characterized by a vertical shift in position between the top surface of a key and the six keys adjacent to it. This results in an intuitive feel for changes in pitch as your fingers move across the keyboard.
> >
> > Each key has a removable magnetic key cap, so different colored or labeled key caps can be easily swapped around when you re-map the keys to a different scale.
> >
> > "The main difference with our keyboard is the expressivity allowed by the mechanical action of the keys, which is completely different from other similar keyboards that had been produced in the past."
> >
> > The key sensing for the Terpstra is one of a kind because the electronics constantly monitor the position of every key by magnetically sensing for the whole key throw (not by triggering switches at the bottom of the key press and measuring the time differential). When a key is depressed, the entire change in position is monitored and translated to a very accurate and nuanced velocity by the time the key hits the bottom.
> >
> > "I am a keyboard player and the feel of the Terpstra was really exceptional and had very expressive touch that was lighter but much like a real piano, only faster."
> >
> > Every key is easily re-mappable and if mapped to a continuous controller, then slowly depressing any re-mapped key sends out continuous data like a fader in real time. It does all of this with no latency.
> >
> > "Upon seeing it, I could immediately appreciate the manufacturing quality of this prototype â" well made thick aluminum case with a look and solidity that is reminiscent of Apple G5 and 8-core towers."
> >
> > Keyboards take a huge amount of abuse during live performance. This one is a precision machine built like a tank; it can withstand the constant pounding of an energetic concert performance.
> >
> > This innovative and quality controller has a key layout that, unlike the Bosanquet, JankÃ³ and other generalized/isomorphic keyboards, puts each key at a slightly different height â" which when combined with the irregular shape of the front row of keys, allows you to feel where your hands are on the keys without looking. This means that for the first time you can play a matrix keyboard without having to constantly look at it to know where you are.
> >
> > "I would LOVE to map some keys to sweep filters, and leave other keys as notes to trigger the sounds feeding through the filter. This WOULD be the funkiest microtonal thing ever!"
> >
> >
> > The product designers who built the only 2 working prototypes are ready to take a 20-pieces order. The first one is mine, so there are 19 "available". The culprit is, it cannot go into production unless there are at least 20 buyers.
> >
> > Price: 2189 USD / 1789 EUR
> >
> > Alternatives:
> > C-Thru Music Axis 64 - 2312 USD / 1887 EUR
> > Opal Gecko - 3749 USD / 3060 EUR
> > StarrLabs MicroZone U-648 - 3995 USD / 3261 EUR
> >
>
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