Here’s an idea: put the key bed on linear slides. You’d be able to transpose the keyboard by shifting it left and right because the strings are equally spaced.
You can see it at 4:22 , the screw has a rubber tip, which presses the string against the aluminum fret that is a very tiny distance below it, only enough so that when you let off the string does not buzz against it and continue ringing. The string hitting the fret is what actually produces the sound. This design is a modified version of the clavinet, while a traditional clavichord has the fret as directly connected to the key. I hope this explains it well. If you have any other questions, ask away.
@@OneHundredEnvelopes it’s an original composition with some quotes from Les McCann (and the starting phrase is a quote from Gershwin’s first Prelude), glad you like it. Chords are Cm7-Bbsus2-F/C-Cm, then Ab-Gm7-Cm7, then Gm-F-Cm7-Dm-Cm-Bb-F7 for the walk down part, which is over a C pedal. This is not really the ideal way to write it, sorry if it’s confusing, if you’d like I can transcribe it and post that when I have time.
Well done, I'm glad the algorithm served me this video ! I was kinda waiting for it to get funkier as well. What's the thinking behind this specific arrangement of pickups ? I see various blade humbuckers in single and double sizes.
@@Fraik blade/rail pickups are a necessity, because the strings would not line up with the pole pieces on a normal guitar pickup. Here I used all humbuckers but wired a coil split switch (which I don’t believe I used at all in the video audio, I plan to make a demo comparing at a later date however) The pickups are wired to where there are 5 in a line in parallel acting as one pickup. Thus the 5 close to the bridge make the bridge setting and the 5 in the center make the center setting. The center setting was, however, quite tricky. I used the doubles to get a wider “sweep” of the string to make a larger difference between humbucker and split settings, but I had a lot of problem with bad overtones being created by the pickup position. You can hear this in some of my older videos. Ultimately I managed to find an arrangement that works okay, but not probably as good as could be done if I had planned better for it. YMMV. Anyway, when I build another, I’ll likely be more considerate in the initial design phases of how I will place the pickups.
I was born with this flavor of autism but cursed with adhd ontop so I could learn to do this and have alot of fun with it easily but my attention span would never let me😂 Ahh your living my dream brother!
I would not say inspired, but I did watch all his videos. However I did not think it would be ideal to imitate his design but rather work on my own and hone my design. Definitely think watching his videos (and really all the homemade clav videos on YT) is a good idea before building one.
Why not just use a factory-made keyboard? You can actually get any sound from a DAW. I have one of the 90's RadioShack keyboards, if anyone is interested.
