Piano 21

A piano which has appeared in the music department of Bourne Hall Library, last noticed at reference 1. The reason for the visit being one Jean-Baptiste Lully, who will be noticed in due course.

Roland being a Japanese company which started in 1972 and which specialises in musical electronics. A quick tour around their website (references 2 and 3) would suggest that this is a serious instrument, with claims to the effect that: 'The RP-201 is based on Roland’s acclaimed 88-key stereo multi-sampling, in which the distinctive acoustic properties of each grand-piano key have been faithfully captured. Together with its 128 polyphonic voices, the RP-201’s piano engine performs like a true grand. No matter how fast you play or how much sustain pedal you apply, you needn’t worry about note drop-outs'.

Which may well be true, but it is the first time that I have come across one. Keyboard not locked either - so perhaps the power point was.

Reference 1: https://psmv4.blogspot.com/2019/06/schubert-quintet.html.

Reference 2: https://www.roland.com/global/.

Reference 3: https://www.roland.com/global/products/rp-201/.