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What is a 5 key piano?

The piano ANYBODY can play: World's narrowest upright has only five keys. This piano could be the narrowest in the world but pianists won't have the chance to play a waltz or a sonata - as it has only five keys. With three white keys and two black and one pedal, composers would struggle to come up with a catchy tune.

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The piano ANYBODY can play: World's narrowest upright has only five keys

Sculptor Bjorn Perborg rescued the instrument from the scrapheap

He chopped up a grand piano and melded the two ends together

The 3ft 9in piano is less than a foot wide and sold to the tune of £2,400 This piano could be the narrowest in the world but pianists won’t have the chance to play a waltz or a sonata - as it has only five keys. With three white keys and two black and one pedal, composers would struggle to come up with a catchy tune. And that's before you factor in the problem of it no longer having its strings and not making a sound. The 3ft 9in piano is less than a foot wide, so it's probably for the best that it is now a sculpture, not a functioning instrument. Sculptor Bjorn Perborg took a saw to a grand piano and turned it into a sculpture that sold for £2,400 The piano only has three white and two black keys - even Status Quo might struggle to work within such limits The sculpture is less than a foot wide - so even if sound were possible, you'd have to stand up to play it The miniature grand was created by sculptor Bjorn Perborg, who took a saw to a full-size piano that was being thrown away. He chopped the instrument into three sections and threw away the middle piece, before sticking the two ends together. The piano strings had to be stripped out during the demolition, so you can tinkle the ivories but it won't make a sound. The piano was showcased at an exhibition and then sold for £2,400 to a museum. Mr Perborg, 38, a full-time sculptor from Paris, France, said: 'I made this piece for a gallery show. 'I showed an installation about the Collyer brothers, two hoarders who lived like hermits in Manhattan during the first half of the 20th century. 'One of the brothers used to be a concert pianist and I thought a crippled piano could go well with their story.

The piece was sold by Perborg to a museum for £2,400

The grand piano that was being thrown away has had its life extended by the sculptor - and will be preserved in a museum 'There were people giving away pianos for free, so I took one and cut it into three pieces, threw away the middle section and reassembled the other two parts. 'The lid and the music stand had to be cut separately as well. 'I didn’t have the proper tools to cut the heavy casted metal frame that holds the strings inside the piano, the harp, so I decided not to use it.

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Why do organs have 4 keyboards?

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So you can play two, or three, or four different sounds at the same time. Like a split-keyboard on a synthesizer. Note that many professional keyboard players have several keyboards on stage that they can play at the same time. Regarding old-world pipe organs, there are many aspects of European churches that are meant to be grand, impressive, imposing, and awe-inspiring. The Catholic Church has gathered vast amounts of wealth in their history, and one of the uses of that wealth has been to gather and inspire congregations. As music is an important part of worship, it has been part of the missions of churches throughout the centuries to provide high quality music (that continues to this day with modern instruments and technology). The peak of music production for a few hundred years was certainly the pipe organ. As the technology evolved, churches wanted more pipes, more stops, and just basically more sound. Getting a whole orchestra and their instruments together was not easy. Finding a capable keyboard player and putting all the sounds of a full orchestra at their fingertips was less of a challenge. As the number of pipes and stops grew, and as churches grew larger and had larger congregations, it became desirable to have bigger and bigger sounds from the organs. With multiple manuals (the organ term for keyboards), the organist can both create layers of sounds for richer textures, as well as switch between different sounds rapidly. Multiple manuals add to the cost and weight. For smaller organs or even portable organs, multiple manuals are often too much of a liability. Pipe organs that are not going anywhere might as well have as many bells and whistles (literally!) as the church can afford, so having five manuals plus the pedals is justified.

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