1. Piano Design and Sound Generation student Alexey Fridman

2. Piano Design and Sound Generation student Alexey Fridman

3. Piano 26.01.2011 Piano design and sound generation

4. Basic configurations 26.01.2011 Piano design and sound generation Grand piano Upright piano

8. Grand piano mechanical action 26.01.2011 Piano design and sound generation

9. Grand piano mechanical action 26.01.2011 Piano design and sound generation repetition system

10. Grand piano mechanical action 26.01.2011 Piano design and sound generation

11. Grand piano mechanical action 26.01.2011 Piano design and sound generation

12. Grand piano mechanical action 26.01.2011 Piano design and sound generation

13. Vertical piano action 26.01.2011 Piano design and sound generation

16. Frame Plate of a Steinway grand piano 26.01.2011 Piano design and sound generation made of cast iron string tension > 20 tons

17. Sound frequency of strings Vibrational modes of an ideal string, dividing the string length into integer divisions, producing harmonic partials f, 2f, 3f, 4f, etc. (where f means fundamental frequency). 26.01.2011 Piano design and sound generation

18. Sound frequency of strings 26.01.2011 Piano design and sound generation 512 Hz 1024 Hz 256 Hz

20. String length and mass Strings vary in length and thickness, so that many octaves can fit on one sounding board 26.01.2011 Piano design and sound generation

23. Soundboard & rim 26.01.2011 Piano design and sound generation soundboard soft and flexible outer rim hard and immobile

26. Pedals 26.01.2011 Piano design and sound generation

29. Thank you 26.01.2011 Piano design and sound generation

30. Thank you 26.01.2011 Piano design and sound generation

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