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The five-seven color layout
In the meantime, I've recorded plenty of videos on the RR Janko Keyboard, had many interesting conversations about it and several people...
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Sharing the knowledge begins
The Jankó is here! While Peter and I are preparing for making this Jankó version available for many people, I've used the time to start...
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Teaming up with piano maker Peter Reinert
Since my first meeting with Jankó piano maker Peter Reinert, I have kept the contact with him and had a lively exchange. My girlfriend...
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Improving the slim-key Jankó
Discovering that the slim-key version of the Jankó was working so well really felt like a breakthrough! However, the previous version...
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The slim-key Jankó
The building process of the previous Jankó was a lot of fun and I was very happy with the result. Nevertheless, after playing it for a...
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Experimenting with key shapes
The first Jankó keyboard we built only had four rows with 2x2cm keys. After a while I realized that four rows with so small keys was...
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Jankó keyboard for the road
Having a large Jankó midi keyboard at home is one thing. But I got so inspired by the intuitive feeling of the isomorphic layout that I...
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We start building
When realizing that the Lumatone was not what I was looking for I started searching for alternatives. The first thing that came to mind...
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The Lumatone - learning isomorphic layouts
After my first meeting with a Jankó piano, I was fully convinced that I wanted to own and play one. But buying an isomorphic piano is...
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The first meeting with the Jankó piano
My background is playing jazz drums and bass guitar. Later I also taught myself to play the guitar. Only many years later, inspired by...
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