Probably only about halfway down the keyboard though, ebows will just about work on the top g of a bass guitar but they lack the power to work any lower.

That's a shame, but it makes perfect sense Drew.


Martin

FrankF wrote:Delia Derbyshire! Only she used a key! Or a keyring, or was it an onion ring?

Close, but no cigar FrankF ;)

It was Brian Hodgson who ran his mum's front door key along the bass strings of a gutted piano to produce that stunning Tardis sound 8-)


Martin

Martin Walker wrote:

Stratman57 wrote:I bet it would work on piano strings though.
Regards, Simon.

And no-one has picked up on this suggestion?
I'd love to hear the results if they have - links please!

I would love to hear that too. Piano strings are quite stiff & hard to pluck, the only example I can think of is ELPs "Take a pebble".

Cover version with good visibility.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSB5R_If9MY

That might need an EBow with a PP9 battery to get the strings moving

Martin Walker wrote:

Forum Admin wrote:

The Elf wrote:Ready when you are!

Paul, eBows don't work on the piano keyboard. ;) :D (even with a fresh battery)

Stratman57 wrote:I bet it would work on piano strings though.

Regards, Simon.

And no-one has picked up on this suggestion?

I'd love to hear the results if they have - links please!


Martin

There are a number of augmented piano sample libraries that use an Ebow.

https://8dio.com/instrument/1990-prepar ... nstrument/
This one is on offer until the end of the month.
The official videos will highlight the Ebow.

https://www.uvi.net/en/pianos-keyboards ... piano.html

Martin Walker wrote:

FrankF wrote:Delia Derbyshire! Only she used a key! Or a keyring, or was it an onion ring?

Close, but no cigar FrankF ;)

It was Brian Hodgson who ran his mum's front door key along the bass strings of a gutted piano to produce that stunning Tardis sound 8-)


Martin

Ah yes, the bloke from Supertramp. :tongue: ;)

Agharta wrote:There are a number of augmented piano sample libraries that use an Ebow.

https://8dio.com/instrument/1990-prepar ... nstrument/
This one is on offer until the end of the month.
The official videos will highlight the Ebow.

Ooh - thanks for this Agharta - just what the doctor ordered!! 8-)


Martin