COMPOSER REINVENTS THE PIANO

'Fluid' instrument allows pianists to alter sound before or while they play

Smith, a Brighton-based composer and performer, said:
"The fluid piano is a western piano as we know it, similar to an early fortepiano, but because of the tuning mechanisms, suddenly, musicians can explore scales from the Middle East, from Iran."

23 November 2009 Mark Brown
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/nov/23/composer-fluid-piano-geoff-smith