Hammer piano: wehewehe o ka mea kani, mōʻaukala, kani, hoʻohana

ʻO ka hammer-action piano he mea kani kahiko o ka hui kīpē. ʻAʻole ʻokoʻa ka loina o kāna hāmeʻa mai ke ʻano o kahi piano nui a i ʻole piano hou: i ka wā e pāʻani ana, ua paʻi ʻia nā kaula o loko e nā hāmare lāʻau i uhi ʻia me ka ʻili a i ʻole ka manaʻo.

ʻO ka piano hana hāmare he kani mālie, hoʻoheheʻe ʻia, e hoʻomanaʻo ana i kahi harpsichord. ʻOi aku ka pili o ka leo i hana ʻia ma mua o ka piano ʻaha mele hou.

Ma ka waena o ke kenekulia 18, ua lanakila ka moʻomeheu Hammerklavier ma Vienna. Ua kaulana kēia kūlanakauhale ʻaʻole wale no kāna poʻe haku haku mele maikaʻi loa, akā no kāna mau mea kani maikaʻi loa.

Hana ʻia nā hana kahiko mai ke kenekulia 17 a hiki i ka 19 no ka mālama ʻana i ke kani maoli. I kēia lā, makemake nā mea hoʻokani i ka hammerklavier no ka mea, hopu maikaʻi ʻo ia i ka timbre kūʻokoʻa a me nā kikoʻī maʻalahi o nā haku mele kahiko. He ʻoiaʻiʻo a ʻoiaʻiʻo ke kani. ʻO nā mea pāʻani clavier honua kaulana: Alexey Lyubimov, Andreas Steyer, Malcolm Bilson, Jos van Immersel, Ronald Brautigan.

Hoʻohana ʻia ka huaʻōlelo "hammer" i kēia manawa, no ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana ma waena o nā ʻano mea kahiko a me nā ʻano hou o ka mea kani.