Renaissance 17 - a digital microtonal keyboard with 17 keys per octave [EPK]
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- The "SANLIKOL Renaissance 17" is a digital microtonal keyboard with 17 keys per octave conceived and designed by Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol (patent pending).
Luthier, F. Jacob Kaeser
Circuit board design by Sage Radachowsky
Technical development, Melanie Howell Brooks
The "SANLIKOL Renaissance 17" was created (in part) by a Live Arts Boston grant from the Boston Foundation.
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I‘m a decent piano player who enjoys old music with other tunings from the renaissance and baroque period but I’m also interested in modern (jazz, pop) microtonal music. This instrument is literally made for me, thank you soo much for this wonderful creation!! 🔥🔥
Thank you so much for your kind words 🙏 Much appreciated
@@msanlikol When can I finally purchase it? I cant find a page to buy the instrument on your website.. I cant wait to have it in my room!
@@kaifeng_jack5532 I am genuinely grateful for your interest but I never intended to create a production line myself. Since I am a busy composer/performer and full-time faculty, I could never keep up with such a business. However, I am now contacting people who may be able to connect me to major companies such as Yamaha, Roland, Korg, etc. If any one of those companies gets interested to start a production line, I will be sure to announce it here. That being said, this certainly would be for a niche market, so I honestly am not sure if they would get interested…
@@msanlikol Im sorry to hear that.. I would be really grateful if your keyboard were to be on the market anytime soon. Thank you anyways for your time and keep up the good work! 👍
i would happily pay $1000 for one. This is so cool.
This might be the best microtonal instrument iv'e heard
You made my day! Thank you So much ☺🙏
Amazing development! Congrats Mehmet Ali 👏👏👏
Thanks SO much, Tolgahan! Coming from you, it means a lot
@@msanlikol I'd love to hear these two great musicians do a microtonal duet.
@@izzetakbasli I promise to make it happen soon ☺️
What I am most impressed with is where you are taking this instrument musically! I can hear the musical language of people like Chick Corea becoming further enriched by microtones as found in the makam concept. Bravo 👏👏👏
Thank you so much! Much appreciated 🙏
This is a very cool instrument! I like how you focused on the practical musicality on the instrument by making it easier for pianists to play immediately
Thank you so much for your insightful comment 🙏
This is almost exactly what I'm looking for! I wish something like this existed on the market that wasn't just a MIDI controller, but had its own sound engine so you could just plug and play without needing a computer.
Thank you so much for your kind words and interest. Much appreciated. And, I couldn’t agree more with you. I certainly hope that one of the major companies will take interest in my model and develop a line which would have its own sound engine.
@@mal2ksc thank you SO much for this information! I honestly had no idea and there definitely is space inside the case as a result of which I’ll most definitely look into it. Thanks once again 🙏
That first piece has such a beautiful ring!
Thank you so much ☺I really appreciate it!
If you wanted more tones while keeping familiarity for pianists, you could add a short sharp/flat key between B and C and another between E and F. The Wikipedia article on the late Renaissance/early Baroque archicembalo shows one that has 2 manuals, of which the upper has 17 keys per octave like the Renaissance 17, and the lower has 19 keys per octave, with the added 2 keys as described above, the combination being intended to get 36 keys per octave, although 5 turned out to be redundant when producing 31 notes per octave.
Thank you so much for your interest and thank you for taking the time to mention the archicembalo with which I’m familiar.
@@msanlikol I thought you would know about it (the keyboard is even in a similar style), but some of the other readers of this thread might not know about it. (I stumbled across it myself while looking up stuff about other historical instruments several years ago.)
@@Lucius_Chiaraviglio yes, thank you so much for bringing it up! Much appreciated 🌷
Wow! If only this amazing instrument was around while Don Ellis still roamed the earth composing as he did! (I kept hearing him playing his quarter-step trumpet right along with you.)
You’re totally spot on!!! I discovered that music only several years ago. Amazing 🤩
I can't believe I got to see the "beta" version of this masterpiece..
Thank you, Vedat! Much appreciated 🙏
I would be very interested in buying one of these. Not just for the microtonality, but it has such a distinctive timbre that I love. Really nice looking aesthetically and with a smart design the way you've kept the layout like a "normal" piano but fit the extra sharps in on top. This is the coolest musical invention I have seen in a very long time. I wish you success with your patenting.
I really am flattered by your kind words! Thank you so much 🙏 FYI, the prototype in this video is too fragile and too expensive. However, we’re now working on a more compact, lightweight and not necessarily fragile version that’ll be 3D printed using high quality materials. It’ll be much cheaper than what this prototype would cost as well. Stay tuned!!!
Congratulations, I think this is a great achievement. In my humble opinion this instrument might be just a market research away from mass production. I have seen many semi professional and professional keyboard player-entertainers in the middle east who try to emulate microtonals by pitch bend wheels etc. These people will definitely show interest in this instrument as well as all the musicians who are into makam concept. This instrument has the potential to breath new life into contemporary music, pop, jazz. It is a broader palette for music creators who are very well accustomed to the piano keyboard.
Oh my! Thank you SO much for your detailed and super encouraging comment. I am really grateful. That’s indeed my vision. It is just wonderful to see someone recognize it and describe it so beautifully and accurately 🙏
Amazing! I’m speechless. Future and history together
Thank you so much for your kind words!
Fantastic instrument and well-played too
Thank you so much for your kind words
I love this instrument and would love to get one when they start getting produced. Hopefully Roland will take it on!
That is so very kind of you. Thank you SO much for your encouraging words 🙏
I'd love to make a 19 tone keyboard some day that I can use to play 19, 12 or 17 for example by just re-mapping/un-mapping keys as needed, though I have barely done any woodworking nor electronics so I'm probably not going to make anything like that for a long time since I'm more into programming
Thank you for your comment and best of luck!
Absolutely incredible work!!!
Thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏
The Jordan Hall concert was a great debut. Congratulations!
Thank you so much for coming to the concert!
Amazing mystic sound
Thank you so much 🙏
Man, what a wonderful sound! I really need a full solo album on this piano. I hope this get more views, wonderful work, congrats from Brazil! ❤
Thank you SO much for your kind words and wishes!
Congratulations! Fantastic job! I had never seen microtonal keyboards before.
Thank you for your kind words
That is a beautiful sound!
Thank you SO much 🙏
Beautifully crafted.
thank you so much!
This is a really beautiful endeavor and I wish you lots of success with it!
Thank you so much for your kind words
Amazing!
There are definitely hundreds of people out there I know (on microtonal Facebook groups) who would be interested in such an instrument, and probably even more with another couple of short keys in between E&F and B&C.
Microtonal keyboard instruments are a growing niche, and I'm sure if this instrument or similar was available for purchase many people would be very happy.
By the way beautiful keyboard design. Are the measurements similar to many 16th century Italian harpsichords with split keys? How do you find the transitions moving to that back row of keys?
Also very glad maqam was incorporated here, it's great to finally see a microtonal keyboard instrument produced by someone with experience in that world too.
Btw what is the compass of this keyboard? Is it a full 6 octaves from F1 to F7? I couldn't find a shot here featuring the full keyboard length
Thank you so much for your detailed response and your kind words are much appreciated 🙏 Since I’m a college professor and a busy composer I do not see myself getting into starting a production line myself. But I’ll approach large companies (Roland, Korg, etc.) to see if they may be interested in starting a line.
Sorry I forgot to answer your questions. Yes, the sizes are very similar to 16th and early 17 century Italian instruments. And I feel that I can move around easily around the keyboard.
@@camtaylormusic it’s like a Fender Rhodes: E1-E7 full 6 octaves + 1 extra key = a total of 103 keys
@@msanlikol great range, I'm pretty sure I have the same on my Korg SV-1 keyboard. Pretty enormous if doing harpsichord repertoire (my harpsichord stops at F6, and even that sounds pretty strained), but it's probably fantastic for organ and more modern keyboard stuff.
By the way, if you do want to gague interest and the viability for expanding the project to sell instruments, we can definitely set up a little survey in the microtonal groups, where there is a total base audience of probably 8,000 or more, and many of them will surely be interested.
NICE! (Would still love a keyboard with C & F flats though!)
Thank you. I can appreciate why you would want 19 keys.
Great Work !!! Love it!
Thank you so much 🙏
Looks beautiful..
Good luck with this project and best wishes for your continued success with Music 😊
And thank you SO much for your kind words 🌷🙏 Much appreciated
Congratulations! - student from 2013!
Thank you, Solon. Nice to know that a former student rediscovered me on TH-cam!
I really hope one company will accept to product it, I would be customer of that amazing keyboard for sure.
Thank you so much for your kind words 🙏 Fingers crossed 🤞
your team created a great instrument!
Thank you so much for your kind words!
I'm looking forward to see concert that make with it. Excelent
Incredible
Thanks so much 🙏
Congrats on this amazing achievement, so are the intervals devided equally per octave for all 17 notes or perhaps there are other ratios you take advantage of above? Asking because the harmonies you get out of this instrument is truely magical and refreshing, quite hard to put my finger on though. thanks for preserving/building upon what our ancestors have given us! Salute 🍻
First of all, thank you SO much for your kind words and interest 🙏 I’m truly grateful for that.
The temperaments I use do not divide the octave into 17 equal steps. It being a digital instrument/MIDI controller provides the advantage of being able to use any kind of unequal division out of which I select my desired 17 steps - I tend to focus on early European temperaments as well as a number Turkish makam modalities/flavors.
Very interesting. It's a good point that for those of us who are used to the piano, the various 'isomorphic keyboards' are difficult to play, ironically since they often advertise that they should be easier to play than the traditional keyboard layout. In addition I have a hard time adjusting to the thought that a controller with 'buttons' is a musical instrument like the piano (that's only prejudice). I didn't know about the renaissance instrument with split sharps. Did you consider more keys in the octave, like black keys split in 3 or keys between E-F and B-C?
Thank you SO much for your interest and detailed comment! 🙏Anything more than 2 keys become overly complex as far as fingerings and stretches are concerned -- that is if you are really aiming to 'play' this instrument. However, I did consider E-F and B-C but during an early tryout with a small model it was clear to me that even that particular configuration was challenging visually as well as fingering wise. More importantly though, when one considers that one can easily create three microtonal flavors of pretty much any given key (such as F1, F[#]2, F[#]3), it almost becomes redundant to add more keys.
Where're the B# & E#? Seriously, I'm so glad to see something like this has been brought to fruition!
Hi, thank you so much for your interest and kind words. I am convinced that with a digital instrument E# and B# are not necessary (or at least not for the musical purposes for which I created the R17) - in response to one of the below comments I provided a more detailed explanation
I am so used to the 12 note system, I could barely detect the differences between the microtones.
That’s ok! In the end, what really matters is just good music ☺️ Microtonal or not, hope you enjoyed the musical performances 🙏
Çok heyecan verici, tebrik ederim👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Eskiden kullanılan halinde tuş ağırlığı, derinliği, genişliği vs bugünkü standarttan çok farklıydı, bu yeni klavyenin bu tip değerleri bugünün standart piyanosu gibi mi? Öyleyse çalım tekniği konusunda yeni arayışlara gitmek gerekebilir. Tekrar tebrik ederim, harika 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Öncelikle güzel sözleriniz için çok teşekkür ederim ☺️ Bu klavyenin tuşlarının boyları eski ve yeni standartların arasında ama daha çok son dönem klavsenlere yakın zira üst tuşlara erişim açısından tuşların boylarının günümüzdeki standarttan kısa olması gerekiyordu. Her halükarda çalım tekniği konusunda beklenmedik pozisyonlar haliyle ortaya çıkıyor ama şu anki boyut sayesinde ben henüz bir problem yaşamadım.
@@msanlikol PhD'm piyano/klavye tekniği üzerine. Deneyimleme şansım yok ama yardım edebileceğim bir şey olursa, bilgim yettiğince, memnuniyetle, akıl yürütmeye çalışırım. Tekrar tebrik ederim, özenli cevabınız için de teşekkür ederim. İyi çalışmalar.
@@AsafCetinEren gönülden teşekkür ederim. Çok memnun oldum. Enstrümanı ne kadar çok kullanırsam o kadar çok tecrübe edinip kendimi farklı pozisyonlarda bulacağımı düşünüyorum. Bu minvalde gelecekte sizinle de iletişim kurarım. Bir kez daha teşekkür ederim ☺️
@@msanlikol 🙏🙏🙏
This is amazing (and the makam jazzlike music is cool. Maybe you could make a song like that in the hicaz makam lol)
Sounds good to me ☺️ And thanks so much for your kind words 🙏
I love all music and have always found eastern music that is microtonal to be capable of very haunting, spiritual, hypnotizing and transcendental melodies. I do have to admit as a guitarist with ears acclimated to western scales that sometimes it just sounds like it's way out of tune. I believe this happens when I hear the foundation of familiar major and minor scales combined with the split sharps.
Anyways, that just my observation from ears acclimated to western scales (I'm not even sure if that's the right term) and it's more so when the instrument sounds like a traditional western instrument like a piano, Keyboard and most of all guitar. When I hear split sharps on say, a Sitar, I don't get that "out of tune" instinct like I would on a microtonal guitar etc... Very fascinating! This looks like an amazing instrument that can be used in so many creative ways being digital.
Thank you so much for your detailed comment. I very much appreciate it! And, when you say “ears getting acclimated” I think you’re spot on: even though I’m no stranger to the world of microtones, strangely enough, I always find my ears normalizing the initial odd sensation I have toward the edgier microtones over say 15 minutes or so. In other words, after playing a certain microtonal temperament for about 15 minutes I find that my ears start acclimating and normalizing the pitches!
Thank you SO much for your interest 🙏
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I am fascinated by all things keyboard and have pondered other tunings for years but boy I must be so diatonic that I started to feel queasy.
I am sorry that the temperaments I used were not necessarily relatable for you.
@@msanlikol All good... exploration is the essence of music. We all feel and hear differently...so go forth keep up the great work.
@@zelly8163 thank you for the encouragement 🙏
Congratulations! Is it not product to sell???
Thank you so much for your interest. I am afraid I never intended to create a production line myself. Since I am a busy composer/performer and full-time faculty, I could never keep up with such a business. However, I am now contacting people who may be able to connect me to major companies such as Yamaha, Roland, Korg, etc. If any one of those companies gets interested to start a production line, I will be sure to announce it here. That being said, this certainly would be for a niche market, so I honestly am not sure if they would be interested…
@@msanlikol I see. Thanks for your relpy. I am a microtonalist from Japan. I tweeted about this video yesterday then many people seemed interested and some even said they want one so I asked you. I will tweet again so it can be seen to anyone from Yamaha, Korg Roland etc. Pleasr let me know if there's anything I can in Japan!
@@icefaceH you’re very kind 🙏 I very much appreciate the fact that you tweeted about the R17! Thank you SO much for spreading the word ☺️ I’m super grateful. If you know anyone at these big companies and if they get interested I would appreciate if you would direct them to me. My website is sanlikol.com I am based in Boston, MA and I’m a professor at the New England Conservatory
Have you considered selling the plans for your instrument? I agree it's unlikely a big industrial firm will take on such a niche market, but it's exactly the kind of thing that would tempt a DIY hobbyist.
Besides, concert quality acoustic instruments are pretty niche too, but there are no lack of dedicated people to make them, provided the customer will pay a reasonable price for what may be weeks or months of work.
If you listen to microtonal music long enough, does it start to sound like it’s in tune?
Totally!!! Ear tends to normalize the tuning environment for sure. This is even more noticeable with temperaments which use only pure thirds, for example. At first, ones ear registers pure thirds as noticeably flat. But shortly after you no longer hear them as such. In fact, at various times, I caught myself doubting whether I had changed the tuning or not! 😁
I grew up with microtonal music ingrained in me. Everytime i used to try to play the piano as a kid i just felt like it was limited. So it's definitely something that you'd get used to with time. Id recommend listening to eastern maqam music to really get a proper hold of microtones cause Western music doesn't do it justice
Where can i buy a keyboard like that and what is its price?
Hi, thank you so much for your interest! The prototype in this video is too fragile and too expensive. However, we’re now working on a more compact, lightweight and not necessarily fragile version that’ll be 3D printed using high quality materials. It’ll be much cheaper than what this prototype would cost as well. Stay tuned!!!
@@msanlikol Thank you very much for your rrsponse. I look forward to know when your new cheapee instrument is developed.Thank you so much
a shame Chick passed away right before this, such a shame...
Couldn’t agree more… Chick would’ve totally dug the R17
It’s weird thinking theee are more notes than the 7 natural ones and their flats and sharps
I am sure that that can feel weird at first, but isn’t it fascinating that that’s exactly how great European composers such as Monteverdi and Frescobaldi perceived music? To them a flat and a sharp were absolutely two different pitches
Ürün satışa çıkacak mı?
İlginiz için teşekkür ederim. Şu an gördüğünüz enstrüman bir prototip. Ben de bir besteci ve icracı olarak aktif olduğum için kendi başını çektiğim bir imalat sürecine girmeyi düşünmüyorum. Ancak büyük firmalar benim modelimi alıp kısıtlı bir imalata girmeyi düşünürler mi diyerek bir iki girişimde bulunacağım. Netice alınırsa buralardan duyuracağım. Selamlar
@@msanlikol tamamdır umarım güzel teklifler alırsınız. Bol şans dilerim
@@YigitDiri çok teşekkür ederim ☺️
are these for sale?
Thank you so much for your interest. The instrument in the video is a prototype and I am afraid I am not thinking of going into production to build and sell instruments personally. However, there is the potential of a developer getting such a production line started. I will keep everyone updated about such possibilities.
@@msanlikol Maybe you could approach Roland... They have discontinued their C30 digital harpsichord and there would definitely be a gap in the market for 17 (and 19) keyed electronic harpsichord/organs that would allow various meantones to be programmed and played. encouraging this work.
@@byronmahoney6403 yes, I’ll definitely approach Roland. Who knows? They may get hip to it :)
How much does this keyboard cost?
Hi, thank you so much for your interest! There has been enough inquiries that I’m now working on a 3D printed version of the R17 ☺️ The prototype in this video has a mechanism that is too delicate/fragile… The 3D printed version, hopefully, will be more compact and much less fragile. However, I’ll maintain the beautiful looks ☺️ So, stay tuned! Once the 3D printed version is ready, I’ll announce the price tag from here
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Hmm... but, why 17? 31 is better, isnt it? And 53 can cover a wide range of tuning systems...
Hi, first of all, thank you for your interest. Second, I did explain my reasoning for 17 keys as opposed to 31, etc. in the video. But, in a few words: I would like to be able to fly on the keys, not search for them while wrestling with awkward fingerings. A digital instrument which can easily switch between different temperaments with 17 keys works better for me. It may not for you. And I would certainly respect that.
@@msanlikol ...That's close to my hypothesis. I thought you had proof for that - something like a comparison between some characteristics.
(I have a high ed. in physics, sorry for that)
Is a good idea, anyway. Isomorphic keyboards like Lumatone has some good properties, but you must study to play on them....... one more time)
@@nartoomeon9378 exactly! I was trained as a pianist and on R17 I can easily tell where I’m on the instrument. I can improvise with great precision and rather easily. If/when I need to change the temperament, it’s just a simple touch of a button. And, with 2-3 options per pitch at a given time, I can play almost any modal or historical tuning/temperament - for example, while classical Turkish music uses a tuning system where the octave is divided into 53 steps (+ a number of additional exceptional pitches), most makam [modal] constructs do not necessarily require more than 17 pitches per octave… In the end, anything beyond 2-3 options per pitch would require a different instrument but, to be perfectly honest, I just am not necessarily interested in those types of musics.
You look Canadian
Ok. I’m cool with that 😁
Les Dawson
great now split all the keys at the bottom as well so you get 25 keys per octave
And what would be the point to that?
Türkçe konuşsaydın hocam anlamıyorum
Öncelikle ilgilendiğiniz için hakikaten çok teşekkür ederim. Bu enstrümanın uluslararası platformda tanınabilmesi için bu video'yu İngilizce yayınlamak hedeflerim açısından daha doğru bir yaklaşımdı. Ancak Instagram hesabımda video'nun bir kısmını Türkçe altyazı ile yayınladım. En içten sevgi ve saygılarımla
It would great if it were NOT digital and had the real piano sound!
I appreciate and respect your comment. But these days there are really good piano sample libraries. So, having a digital instrument gives the benefit of being able to employ such sample libraries and not be stuck with 1 temperament only until the person tuning the instrument comes back again…
@@msanlikol I know exactly what you mean. However, I am a PIANIST and composer. I would love to perform (and compose) on the real thing--not to use "samples" for music editing.
@@KaterinaStamatelos I respect that. In any case, I’m a pianist and a composer as well. We just have a difference in opinion