Haken Continuum 88-key Keyboard Extension

The Haken Continuum keyboard extension is an entirely mechanical device, with no electronic components, that can be used to expand the technical possibilities of the Haken Continuum Fingerboard. In this video, Edmund Eagan, one of the developers of the Continuum and the designer of the EaganMatrix (the programmable synthesizer that is built into the Continuum) demonstrates the use of an 88-key extension on the full sized Continuum.

I should mention that Ed Eagan did not rehearse or practice prior to recording these 12 short improvisations, and had never played, or even seen, a keyboard extension. The extension is not intended to replace the fingerboard, it is meant to enhance it and make it possible to do certain runs, chords, arpeggios and ornaments that are impossible to perform accurately and consistently without it.

I created a page on my website explaining exactly how I built the extension keyboard, with step by step instructions for any brave do-it-yourselfers out there.

http://www.peterpringle.com/extension.html

Видео Haken Continuum 88-key Keyboard Extension канала Peter Pringle