Yamaha TORCH T01 Digital Piano with Keys Made from Unutilized Materials

navindra

The African Blackwood used in clarinets and oboes is carefully chosen, since only a small portion of the material is suitable for crafting the musical instruments. Unutilized materials resulting from this process were shaped using wood flow-molding technology*5 and used to create piano keys. The wood and resin compound is 70% African Blackwood, and this high percentage gives the material a texture that radiates the warmth of wood. The absorbent nature of the African Blackwood helps fingers glide across the keys, offering the pianist an enjoyable and pleasant play feeling.

Intriguing... I wouldn't mind trying one of these.

Josephine

It looks great! I wonder if it would confuse me when all keys are black, but it looks really good.

navindra

Josephine My understanding is that your concern was one of the driving reasons why we no longer have keyboards that look like this:

Even though not all the keys are dark, apparently this still made it harder to see between the keys.

twocats

"The release will be limited to 20 units, available only in Japan."

This part is a shame! I hope it's more of a prototype before they release to a bigger market. I bet the keys feel really nice. The black keys on my Bösendorfer have a really lovely tactile feel.