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That Spooky Sound Coming From The Parlor? It’s Gaffers Tape

That Spooky Sound Coming From The Parlor? It’s Gaffers Tape

German pianist Hauschka plays what he calls “prepared piano”.  The avant garde performer (real name Volker Bertelman, modifies his piano with an assortment of items including tin foil, bottle tops, ping pong balls and gaffers tape in order to create an entirely new sound. Read more about Hauschka here. Want to see him perform?  Click […]

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At Least He Didn’t Put Thumb Tacks In The Hammers

At Least He Didn’t Put Thumb Tacks In The Hammers

The master of the “prepared” piano,  Hauschka, stuffs a grand piano with ping pong balls and gaffers tape on his most recent album, Foreign Landscapes, to create buzzing percussive sounds. Hauschka is known for taking the work of composer Erik Satie and giving it a twenty first century spin by adding material to a piano […]

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