It's a real shame nobody made these in the 70s. An instrument like this could have been amazing in funk and progressive rock bands back then! Way more versatile than the Clavinet!
It's actually really great. They should sell these. Since they're amplified, they're not limited to low volume which is why the original clavichord evolved into the harpsichord and eventually the piano. This solves that problem and adds so much in functionality and expression possibilities.
@@synchro505 Well if you're serious, I think you should be able to buy tuners like that in large quantities cheaply. If memory serves, search for zither tuners. I think that's what you need. The strings I don't know. You could probably buy guitar strings in various gauges enough to accommodate the entire harp. My instinct says acoustic would be better than electric but maybe experiment. The pickups, that might be an area where you can get creative. You could use magnetic pickups or a piezo and mix in-between them giving you some tonal variety. Or you could try humbuckers for a warmer sound or single coil for a more trebley bright sound. If you wanted to go nuts you could even add filters, effects, an LFO section, amplifiers. Just do me a favor and if you do decide to make one, try to remember to keep me in mind. I want to see. Lol.
It's the missing link between the Clavichord and Clavinet! I always wished that you could do pressure vibrato on a Clavinet in the same way as a Clavichord. This is a really cool demo BTW...you are playing the entire instrument, not just the keys! I have dreamt of having an instrument like this since I was a little kid.
You can't bend notes like that on a Clavinet - only if you install a "whammy bar" system. Even then, it bends all the notes at once, unlike this invention - I like it. Get it in production! Vintage Vibe of the USA have recently brought an electromechanical piano (like a Rhodes) out on the market so it can be done.
I am very familiar with the great great grandson of the clavichord. It was indeed built by Honer musical instruments back in the 70s. A good example of it's use in rhythm and blues is my recording of Superstition by Stevie Wonder. I am currently listening to the music from authentic instruments, Winn Winters, Who plays the classical clavichord. It's amazing to me the life this instrument has. There is no electronic substitute i.e. a synthesizer that has the same quality. I think it's called "Gebund" The ability of the instrument to respond to touch. I'll harpsichord or an organ for example only sounds one level of audio and cannot reproduce this tremolo, going gently sharp.
yes, Wim Winters is a modern champion of the clavichord, I listen to him constantly. The quality you refer to is "Bebung" which is a subtle pitch change when the finger depresses the key and holds it down and then varies the pressure. It is quite effective but should be used sparingly.
What kind of tuners is he using on these does anyone know i am building something like this and can seem to find out what it is he is using. Its the last thing I need to know, please save me from some crappy diy tuning pegs I've been concocting
where can i buy this modern day electric clavichord? it must be hard to find. but i like it cause it's not as loud as a piano or harpsichord, it's gentle & soft, with a touch of minute electrical boost. very peaceful. keep per4mances coming, please.
This right here is why I'd always thought the clavichord sucked. The clavichord does not suck. Electric clavichords do suck, though. Traditional ones sound similar to a dulcimer or a harpsichord. For maybe 16 years, I've thought the electric clavichord (and all of them, as I'd only heard them off a casio keyboard) sounded like a series of digitally generated musical fart noises. I'm glad I settled this bit of cognitive dissonance.
it's already been done - in the 60s and 70s, Hohner used to manufacture an instrument called a Clavinet. They ceased production in the early 80s because demand for them was falling, and today they are even more impractical because digital keyboards are in higher demand and yield larger profits. Of course, even the best digital keyboards today cannot replicate the tone of a Clavinet, so they end up sounding cheesy.
It's a real shame nobody made these in the 70s. An instrument like this could have been amazing in funk and progressive rock bands back then! Way more versatile than the Clavinet!
I would buy one of those right now.
Honor makes them they're called Clavinets
@@RockStarOscarStern634 _very_ different instrument
@@RockStarOscarStern634 (despite the similar principle of operation)
It's actually really great. They should sell these. Since they're amplified, they're not limited to low volume which is why the original clavichord evolved into the harpsichord and eventually the piano. This solves that problem and adds so much in functionality and expression possibilities.
I would absolutely buy one. I'd even get my woodworking chops up to build one in a kit if needed.
@@gusap8123 Yeah, the vibrato is cool.
@@synchro505 Well if you're serious, I think you should be able to buy tuners like that in large quantities cheaply. If memory serves, search for zither tuners. I think that's what you need. The strings I don't know. You could probably buy guitar strings in various gauges enough to accommodate the entire harp. My instinct says acoustic would be better than electric but maybe experiment. The pickups, that might be an area where you can get creative. You could use magnetic pickups or a piezo and mix in-between them giving you some tonal variety. Or you could try humbuckers for a warmer sound or single coil for a more trebley bright sound. If you wanted to go nuts you could even add filters, effects, an LFO section, amplifiers.
Just do me a favor and if you do decide to make one, try to remember to keep me in mind. I want to see. Lol.
PLEASE MAKE MORE OF THESE! PLEEEEASE!
It's the missing link between the Clavichord and Clavinet! I always wished that you could do pressure vibrato on a Clavinet in the same way as a Clavichord.
This is a really cool demo BTW...you are playing the entire instrument, not just the keys!
I have dreamt of having an instrument like this since I was a little kid.
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Wow, I am absolutely flabbergasted. You are a master instrument builder! This is ground-breaking!
This is amazing! So inspiring! I would love to build this!
This sounds like a clavinet but better since you can bend notes! You should sell these , I would buy one!
You can't bend notes like that on a Clavinet - only if you install a "whammy bar" system. Even then, it bends all the notes at once, unlike this invention - I like it. Get it in production! Vintage Vibe of the USA have recently brought an electromechanical piano (like a Rhodes) out on the market so it can be done.
A friend had loaned me one and it opened creativity. Today I compose sophisticated music
Love this stuff. I think I'll build one of these.
Wow! What flexibility.
I need to build one of these it's very compact
Excellent work!
an instrument full of potential
good job, really impressive
I absolutely want it!!!!;)
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You know Stevie Wonder? He played an Electric Clavichord made by Hohner which they call a Clavinet.
Amazing!
This is rad.
Stevie Wonder plays one of these and it's called a Clavinet made by Hohner.
Nice
Wait ... it has aftertouch? Did all clavinets have that? Awesome stuff!
It's called Bebung
I am very familiar with the great great grandson of the clavichord. It was indeed built by Honer musical instruments back in the 70s. A good example of it's use in rhythm and blues is my recording of Superstition by Stevie Wonder. I am currently listening to the music from authentic instruments, Winn Winters, Who plays the classical clavichord. It's amazing to me the life this instrument has. There is no electronic substitute i.e. a synthesizer that has the same quality. I think it's called "Gebund" The ability of the instrument to respond to touch. I'll harpsichord or an organ for example only sounds one level of audio and cannot reproduce this tremolo, going gently sharp.
yes, Wim Winters is a modern champion of the clavichord, I listen to him constantly. The quality you refer to is "Bebung" which is a subtle pitch change when the finger depresses the key and holds it down and then varies the pressure. It is quite effective but should be used sparingly.
I lile this..i wonder if he ever sold any.
What kind of tuners is he using on these does anyone know i am building something like this and can seem to find out what it is he is using. Its the last thing I need to know, please save me from some crappy diy tuning pegs I've been concocting
Damn!
Can you strum it like a guitar and use the keys too?
Dude, plug that thing into a guitar pedalboard and amp and rip it.
+SnoozeIRTL look up a band called "Crash kings", thats what the player does, he also put a whammy on it.
What you're referring to is a Hohner Clavinet and the whammy bar system is called a Castle bar.
I love it.
Now you can play Superstition by Stevie Wonder.
absolutely brilliant ... actually you don't sell these intruments or you know someone who builds similar ones !?
where can i buy this modern day electric clavichord? it must be hard to find. but i like it cause it's not as loud as a piano or harpsichord, it's gentle & soft, with a touch of minute electrical boost. very peaceful. keep per4mances coming, please.
Looks like the author has built one by himself.
...so this is where ROLI Seabord comes from!
how vibrato works in it ?
I Love it
how much for one?
AMAZING! :)
I want to have one
Wow
The degeneration called MIDI came after this great invention.
Un clavicordo elettrico è come un flauto a corde. O un violino a soffio.
parece como una guitarra
Sooooooooooooooo... a Clavinet?
This right here is why I'd always thought the clavichord sucked.
The clavichord does not suck. Electric clavichords do suck, though.
Traditional ones sound similar to a dulcimer or a harpsichord. For maybe 16 years, I've thought the electric clavichord (and all of them, as I'd only heard them off a casio keyboard) sounded like a series of digitally generated musical fart noises.
I'm glad I settled this bit of cognitive dissonance.
A E S T H E T I C S
a bit heavy on the Bebung (Vibrato) not a sitar LOL
it's already been done - in the 60s and 70s, Hohner used to manufacture an instrument called a Clavinet. They ceased production in the early 80s because demand for them was falling, and today they are even more impractical because digital keyboards are in higher demand and yield larger profits.
Of course, even the best digital keyboards today cannot replicate the tone of a Clavinet, so they end up sounding cheesy.
it sounds like cheap keyboard trying to sound like real instrument
,brilliant!
No, it sounds like a Clavinet. Nothing cheap about a Clavinet, and they're real as real can be. No digital nothing about 'em.
Play Superstition!
Nice