How Does an Electric Piano Work?
About Electric Pianos The electric piano or keyboard has become an essential element of many rock bands, jazz groups and experimental music ensembles. Electric pianos may come in many shapes and designs and generally fall into one of four categories for producing sound: the plucked reed, the struck reed, the struck wire (sometimes called the struck tuning-fork) and the struck string. All electric pianos are equipped with a pickup that allows the sound to be amplified. Making Sound jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep1 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.co.uk/images/a04/ni/nn/electric-piano-work-2.1-800X800.jpg’); }); An electric Wurlizter piano In plucked reed pianos, a plastic hook plucks a metal reed. The struck reed design works much the same way, but instead of the reed being plucked by a hook, it is placed over a metal panel and is hit by a hammer similar to an acoustic piano hammer, causing both the reed and panel to vibrate. Struck-wire mechanis
