Yamaha TORCH T01 Digital Piano with Keys Made from Unutilized Materials

navindra · 2025-03-03T06:04:36+00:00

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 · 2025-03-03T09:19:33+00:00

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

navindra · 2025-03-04T05:07:36+00:00

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 · 2025-03-04T23:25:08+00:00

"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.