A Last.fm group posting has revealed the pricing of the upcoming Yamaha Tenori-On, an unexpected grid-based instrumentality and MIDI controller, as expressively as how the product project came together and wish be produced. develop via Chris O’Shea (Pixelsumo), the posting has the following revelations:

• evaluate inclination be GBP 599 in the initial scarper.
• The initial run purpose require predetermined availability in UK record shops and online also in behalf of the next some months. (This much we knew.)
• Full production and a price cut are obviously directly in the approaching, full preparation run, if possible some every so often next year (this is communiqu‚).
• AA batteries are all you necessary for power.

The price is reasonable to be a fiasco to scads who had hoped for a more affordable product. Ironically, ignoring the Yamaha name, the incipient production junket is a practically disseminate-made affaire d'amour. It sounds as though Yamaha is being rather traditional with this limited produce before jumping in. unsure you, we don’t anticipate official announcements from Yamaha until next week’s shoot as it, so discontinuation tuned. I irresolution any of this will stop people from snapping up the start with retire, especially if its numbers are as reduced as they sound.

Forget about the price for a second: the maximum effort part of this post is the gallery of behind-the-scenes images from the Tenori-On’s design and production. The project remains a DIY affair at this meaning, and it reveals both the inner zest of this what-d'you-call-it, and the capacity for other remarkable musical creations in the future.

Tenori-On in Development [Flickr Set by Rupert’s Lunch]
Tenori-On Discussions on last.fm

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