HRPIANO.FLI

This was inspired by not having a grand piano. (Rendering one is the only
way for the foreseeable future of owning one!)
Of course, this virtual piano is rather difficult to play due to the time 
taken to create it. :-)

This will form a part of a video when real computing power comes within
reach.

The mesh was created in 3d Studio by measuring the dimensions of one of
my keyboards, the rest was improvised.  The 3ds file and animation was
converted to PoV format using 3ds2pov and rendered on 2 486/66 machines
over a couple of days. 

The tune the piano is playing is the opening two bars of a composition
of mine created in 1980.  Called "Cold Tea" (it seemed obvious then!),
it was transcribed from the piano original by Robert Cope for the BBC
Microcomputer.  Over a few years the program migrated around the country
known as "Clod Eat", where to my surprise it resurfaced in 1987 on the
BBC TV Microlive programme while demonstrating the Archimedes RISC machine.

One day, the full composition will be recorded and distributed on CD.

Andy Haveland-Robinson
16th April 1994

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