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PB-001 PianoBar
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Transforms any 88-key acoustic piano into an expressive new instrument.
Here are some of the applications of the PianoBar:
Sound Exploration
Choose from a collection of more than 300 instruments, 16 at a time, to layer with the sound of your acoustic piano.
Aid to Composition
Interface the PianoBar to composition software (like Sibelius) and watch your score instantly appear as sheet music on a lap top.
New Tool for Piano Teachers
Play a MIDI file into the Control Module. Watch as the LEDs above each key light-up showing chord changes, patterns, or riffs - great for visual learners!
Entertainment
Play a MIDI file from a computer into the PianoBar and convert your piano into a virtual player piano!
Order the optional Library Card to save your user setups.
Have a piano with tall casters? Order the optional Pedal Sensor Elevator.
Features
- Attaches to any acoustic piano in minutes without modification
- Provides a MIDI output for layering with or replacing the original sound
- Allows interfacing of studio pianos with scoring, sequencing and notation programs
- 16 MIDI channels
- 300 built-in sounds
- 100 preset MIDI configurations or setups
- Programmable zones, volumes, velocity curves and other functions
- 20 user locations for modified setups
PB-001 PianoBar Specifications:
- The Moog PianoBar turns an acoustic piano into a MIDI controller. It consists of:
- The Scanner Bar
- The Pedal Sensor
- The Control Module
- The Library Card
- A Carrying Case
- Scanner Bar
- The Scanner Bar rests on the piano's cheekblocks against the fallboard. It sits slightly above the piano's keys, without touching them.
- Dimensions: 50-1/4" x 2-1/2" x 7/16"
- Weight: 8 lbs.
- Features:
- - Connects to the Control Module with a 6-foot detachable cable (provided).
- - Detects the motion of the piano's keys when they are played.
- - Detects the Velocity of the piano key's motion.
- - Sets up and calibrates in 5 minutes or less. No special expertise required.
- - adjustments for height and key spacing to accommodate a wide variety of 88-key acoustic pianos.
- - requires flat cheek blocks of at least 1" in width.
- Pedal Sensor
- Rests underneath the piano's pedals.
- Dimensions: 10" x 3" x 3/4"
- Weight: 1/4 lb.
- Features:
- - Detects the use of the Sustain and Soft Pedals.
- - Connects to the Control Module with a 15-foot detachable cable (provided).
- Control Module
- As the brains of the PianoBar, the Control Module receives information from the Scanner Bar and Pedal Sensor and turns it into MIDI data.
- Dimensions: 9" x 5" x 3"
- Weight: 2 lbs.
- Power Requirements: +12VDC, 830 mA; Center-positive barrel connector.
- Connections:
- (2) 1/4" Audio Outputs
- 1/8" Headphone Output
- MIDI In and Out
- (3) Expression Pedal Inputs
- Library Card Slot
- ScannerBar and Pedal Sensor Inputs.
- Features:
- - Translates the motion of keys and pedals to MIDI
- - Transmits and Receives on up to 16 MIDI channels.
- - Internal Sound Generator features a General MIDI 2 sound set: 64 voice polyphony; 16-part multitimbral; 300 high quality sounds.
- - 100 Setups: 60 user, 20 card, 20 factory. Setups configure the 16 MIDI channels: sound, volume, MIDI routing, Zones, velocity curve, pan, transpose and effects.
- Library Card
- Memory device and spacer for Scanner Bar Setup.
- Dimensions: 1" x 1 1/2" x 1/4".
- Weight 2 oz.
- Features:
- - Stores up to 20 Setups.
- - Used as a spacer to quickly set the correct height of the Scanner Bar.
- Carrying Case
- Dimensions: 52 1/4" x 16 1/2" x 4"
- Weight (including PianoBar components): 16 lbs.
- Features:
- - Rugged Molded Case for easy transport of Moog PianoBar components.
- Free Standard Ground shipping (48 contiguous states, some overweight and Used/Vintage items excluded).
- Orders placed before 3 p.m. ET usually ship the same business day.
Every guitar or bass you purchase from Musician's Friend (electric or acoustic, New or Open Box) includes two years of protection from manufacturer defects.
Our Gear Advisers are available to guide you through your entire shopping experience. Call or Chat for expert advice and to hear the latest deals.