It’s been hundreds of years since its inception, and yet the piano continues to amaze both the musically inclined and the tinkerers of the world. Mark Rober guides us through a crash course on how it operates—as well as how to give it a 21st-century twist.
The Technological Marvel That Is the Piano (And an Automated One For Good Measure)
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