Post #2941372
2026-05-06 06:52 UTC
@KaraLG84@dragonscave.space @cordova5029@dragonscave.space @MutedTrampet@dragonscave.space @bill@mastodon.n6.io I'd say just a standard one, and it might sound like the keys are higher than the top C because of the recording quality (or maybe the pitch was raised somewhere in the recording transfer process, but they sound like normal pitch to me). I highly doubt either that the piano was tuned up or it had an extended range. Changing the pitch of a string by more than a few hertz destabilises it, let alone one or more semitones. (contd)
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@graham@mastodon.n6.io 2026-05-06 06:56
@KaraLG84@dragonscave.space @cordova5029@dragonscave.space @MutedTrampet@dragonscave.space @bill@mastodon.n6.io Pianos with extended keyboards were and are extremely rare, and it would've been almost impossible for Art Tatum to have had access to one because he played jazz instead of classical music . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innovations_in_the_piano#Extended_keyboards