Keyboards at 90 degrees?

Beemer · Post by **Beemer** » Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:14 am

Is it practical playing wise to have two keyboards at 90 degrees?

I have an 88 key K1200 and will be adding a PA3x 76 soon. However I'm not happy to mount the 88 below with the PA3x above, or to have the 30kg K1200 mounted above especially as its significantly longer.

So I was wondering if a right angle solution would work if the 88 key was on the right hand side?

Has anyone tried such a layout?

Ian

karmathanever · Post by **karmathanever** » Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:27 am

I think this a "personal" thing.

I, personally could not play at all comfortably with the 90 degree option if I was playing both keyboards at any stage - playing one-at-a-time, of course, wouldn't be a problem.

Then there is the "space" on stage issue to consider.

I use a 2-tier heavy duty stand but I don't have a heavy heavy 88-note keyboard - I have PA3X-76 lower tier and Kronos-61 upper.
I play both keyboards in some numbers.

Cheers

Pete

Bald Eagle · Post by **Bald Eagle** » Thu Jul 25, 2013 11:24 am

I have a 2-tier stand and also another board at a 90 degree angle. I find it uncomfortable playing in "90 degree mode" for any length of time.

There are some good 2-tier stands if your concern is the weight. I have an On-Stage 2-tier Z stand and its very solid and well built.

Dikikeys · Post by **Dikikeys** » Fri Jul 26, 2013 8:08 pm

I think a lot depends on whether you can do without using the Kurzweil's knobs, buttons and display...

If you can get them in so close the PA3x is above the Kurzweil's 88 keys almost like an organ's two manuals, you'll find them very easy to go from one to the other, and you won't have a huge stack in front of you, obscuring you from your audience.

Then, use the PA3X to control everything in the K1200 (PC#'s, volumes, etc.) and use the PA3X Performance to determine which keyboard gets the chord recognition, where the splits are etc..

Post by **Sharp** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 1:36 pm

Check this out.
http://nu-motion.com/index.php?page=pictures&hl=en_US

Regards
Sharp.

Thoraldus · Post by **Thoraldus** » Sat Jul 27, 2013 2:21 pm

Sharp wrote:Check this out.
http://nu-motion.com/index.php?page=pictures&hl=en_US

Regards
Sharp.

Whoa! Very Daliesque!

Dikikeys · Post by **Dikikeys** » Tue Jul 30, 2013 5:16 pm

Image #9 shows off its weakness, though. Sure, it's very cool if your LH is low and your RH is high... but look how awkwardly his LH has to be held, to cross over the right, or go into the treble register on the keyboard.

Not to mention, try integrating THAT into a stack of normal keyboards..!

Cool to look at, not that practical in action.

From the 14th century onwards, man has been looking for a better paradigm than the linear keyboard. So far, we are still playing them. That has GOT to tell you something!

You getting one, Sharp? LOL