Alan Fraser,
Concert Pianist, Professor of Piano, retired, the University of Novi Sad, Serbia, Founder and CEO, The Piano Somatics Institute
" Having played Horowitz’s Steinway, I know only too well how the magnificence of an instrument’s basic sound can inspire the artist to play way above his or her level. I had the same experience on the Tendens. "..
My Experience with Tendens
" Over the decades since its inception, the electric piano has consistently failed to live up to its expectations. Newer models have come out over the years, but the improvements in the sound and the feel of the keyboard have been minimal at best. No matter how much the electronic keyboards of recent years have improved, the experience of playing them, for a concert pianist habituated to the sensitivity and wonderfully rich tonal palette of a concert instrument, has been fundamentally unsatisfying. There is no way to soften the blow. Any electronic keyboard up until now has not come even remotely close to matching a real instrument made of wood, felt and steel.
But now there is the Tendens, a revolutionary step forward. Thomas Kaduk’s bold initiative to create an electronic instrument that sounds better than a real concert grand was radical to say the least, but unbelievably, he has actually succeeded. Reproducing the sound of the piano through fibre membranes instead of through speakers has created a whole new sonic world. The technological innovation that went into the development of the extremely touch-sensitive keyboard is mind-boggling.
The result is so far beyond our wildest expectations for an electronic instrument that we must only feel grateful to Kaduk Technologies who have invested so much expertise, wisdom and vision to create a totally new musical instrument, the Tendens.
Having played Horowitz’s Steinway, I know only too well how the magnificence of an instrument’s basic sound can inspire the artist to play way above his or her level. I had the same experience on the Tendens. "
Alan