Re: two-dimensional keyboards, some wanting perf'ers

Vas & everybody,

As for existing two-dimensional MIDI keyboards, I know
of these:

http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Studio/7358/clavett.htm(a
custom device designed for me, not for sale--I don't
see the photo on this page right now--but you can see
it if you backtrack to 7358/ )

http://catalog.com/starrlab and click on "keyboards"
(Harvey Starr's MicroZone keyboards)

http://www.newenglandconservatory.edu/college/collfaculty/manerij.html
Apparently Joseph Maneri has such a keyboard--have any
of you seen/heard it?

And, for anyone who's every in the Minneapolis/St.
Paul area, please contact the Schubert Club, which has
two other microtonal keyboards:

1) a 12/17/19-tone organ built around 1980 at the
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg (described in the
Computer Music Journal article by Yunik and Swift
around that time). This keyboard looks conventional
from a distance, but has the black keys cut in half,
for 17 total per octave. (but not MIDI'ed)
2) a Scalatron with standard keyboard, currently not
repaired (from 1975, so not MIDI'ed)

With a little notice, the Schubert Club can have the
Scalatron repaired and available for performance in
the area(you might call the repair shops yourself
first)

Please fill in whatever I've missed.

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--- In tuning@egroups.com, Harold Fortuin <harold_fortuin@y...> wrote:
>
http://www.newenglandconservatory.edu/college/collfaculty/manerij.html
> Apparently Joseph Maneri has such a keyboard--have any
> of you seen/heard it?
>
I've seen pictures (little buttons -- not very playable) and I've
been told by students that it has a very unpleasant timbre.

Hello Harold, Paul and all,

It's amazing how much I have learned in only
A few days that I have been a member of the
Tuning List. Thanks for your input.

I went to http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Studio/7358
And found the clavet as an interesting keyboard.

The best keyboard I believe will be one to cover all and I mean
All tuning and microtunings will be a touch and velocity sensitive
21 inch or larger monitor that can process multiple simultaneous
Finger contacts. Since it will be a computer monitor one can program
Any type on keyboard arrangement. The one very important
element missing here is tactile feedback. Well, you cant have
everything!

I have looked into this but the present technology can
recognizoie only one finger contact at a time. No sustained
notes, No chords can be played.

If any one ever makes a monitor alternate midi keyboard
And is reasonably priced I will be the first buyer.

I am familiar to Starr's MicroZone keyboards.
They are unfortunately beyond the reach of my budget.

The Monolith which is not in production.
http://www.electronic-mall.com/heavenbound/
It is not velocity sensitive though the production
Model if ever mfg. will be
By the way I have Jacob Duringer's the
Inventors of the Monolith two CD's.
I was in communications to buy one of his
Keyboards but he stopped all communications.

Vas