THE ULTRA RARE MOOG PIANO BAR! PIANOBAR

Description: I purchased the piano bar a year ago from Reverb from a seller named Scoop. I planned on using it for a project with a friend, but it never came to be. The pictures are from their listing. I opened the box to make sure it looked and performed as described. Recent changes in my health have made me decide to start selling things I am just not using. Email with any questions, and as always, Thanks for looking.What makes the PianoBar unique is the revolutionary, patent pending technology utilized in the Scanner Bar. The Scanner Bar sits ever so slightly above the piano's keys; nothing touches the keys , leaving the touch and feel wonderfully unaffected. The Scanner Bar is less than 1/2" thick and rests against the fall board out of the way of flying fingers. The Pedal Sensor rests underneath the piano's pedals to register their motion. The Scanner Bar and Pedal Sensor work together to capture the full range of your expressive touch - from resounding chords to delicate passages.The sensors feed the note and the velocity of the note to the Control Module where it is transformed into MIDI information and can be used to trigger the built-in sounds. The configuration of MIDI is called a Setup. There are a total of 100 Setups in the Control Module; 20 can be stored on the portable Library Card. A Setup contains information about what sounds are played on the 16 MIDI channels, programmable zones, volume, velocity curves, and other functions. The Control Module's internal sound generator houses a large array of high-quality sounds that can be played by the piano keys. These sounds, layered with the sound of the acoustic piano, can add an exciting new dimension to your playing. The PianoBar is portable and can be installed on virtually any 88-key piano - it goes wherever you go. It all comes in a rugged carrying case for easy transport.Even the best weighted keyboards and sample libraries offer only an approximation to the feel and sound of an old-fashioned piano. So what if you just can't do without the real thing, but need to have your notes output as MIDI? Enter the Piano Bar from Bob Moog and Don Buchla...In the early pre-MIDI '80s, someone came out with a product called the 'Pianomate' or suchlike. This was a three-octave bar with little switches that sat on top of a piano keyboard: when you played a key, a switch moved down with the key and sent a signal down a wire to what I seem to recall was a control box with preset sounds. It never took off, but you would have thought that the idea of being able to enter the world of technology from your piano keyboard had legs. So why has it taken so long for someone — in this case Moog, in concert with Buchla — to come up with a usable interface that allows just that? Probably a combination of two factors: a limited market, and the expense of developing and producing a scanner bar that works.The Piano Bar is an ingenious, non-invasive device that enables an ordinary acoustic piano to send MIDI information to a sound module or sequencer. The concept is simple enough: it determines what piano key is being played and how fast, generates the appropriate note and velocity data, and sends that data to a control module that acts both as an independent sound source and as a converter to MIDI for sending to further MIDI devices. The complex stuff is in the scanner bar itself: if the piano's action is subtle enough, the sensors work; all the remaining electronics in the control module are standard, familiar fare.In principle, this could be the answer to the technically minded pianist's prayers, yet at the same time, there are obvious pitfalls in such a marriage of new and old, electrical and mechanical technologies. Let me state at the outset, therefore, that provided you go for the Piano Bar for the right reasons and have a piano action that is reasonably well adjusted, you should have a ball. Approached in the right spirit, the device opens doors that hitherto simply weren't accessible to the piano player, unless you had the ultra-expensive Bösendorfer or Steinway systems, or the less expensive, yet still pricey, Yamaha Disklavier system. All these, of course, are built into the piano and therefore not transferable, unlike the Piano Bar. The ability to extend the sonic palette of your humble Joanna is, if not mind-blowing, pretty marvelous. DISCLOSURE: Please keep in mind that this is a USED item; so, IT WILL have some blemishes! And since I may not see everything, I include a LOT of HIGH-QUALITY pictures. So, please take your time, and scan them carefully, before making your purchase. Due to the nature and sensitivity of these devices, I cannot accept returns; and once an item is shipped or picked up, I won't be able to cancel the order. Also, ALL the specifications gathered here are from the web, and I cannot guarantee them to be 100% accurate! So, please ONLY rely on your own research. And lastly; this item is sold AS/IS and DOES NOT come with any warranty. VERY IMPORTANT: Just like classic cars, used keyboards/Synthesizers are not perfect, and might have some imperfections! Please keep that in mind, before purchasing, these items are ALL USED, unless stated otherwise. SHIPPING TO CONTINENTAL US ONLY! Thank you

Price: 1000 USD

Location: Altoona, Pennsylvania

End Time: 2024-11-20T14:12:01.000Z

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