Back to Part 1 The Pads and Reeds (Tynes) Notes on the Pianet T are produced by the key lifting a small silicone pad. This pad sticks to the reed by a process known as polymer attraction, and at some point the bond breaks, allowing the reed to spring back. This design was apparently patented […]

Unlike the later electronic synthesisers which employed oscillators to produce notes, this instrument uses tuned metal reeds. Each key is connected to a small rubber pad, which ‘lifts’ the reed to set it vibrating, and each reed has its own individual pickup coil, which provides the signal.