Abstract
In 2016, a major part of being a gigging musician is traveling with your instrument.
For musicians with smaller instruments, such as the harmonica, traveling is no problem. Simply place it in your pocket and you are good to go anywhere with musical creation at your fingertips.
Medium-sized instruments, like the guitar, are somewhat of a hassle to travel with due to their size, but are also typically lightweight, so the traveling still somewhat tolerable.
But for musicians with large and heavy instruments, such as drums or a digital keyboard, traveling can be a nightmare. My thesis explores the full experience of the modern-day keyboardist and provides a more convenient solution for traveling with their full-size instrument, while considering important aspects of the keyboard such as the number of keys, size of the keys, and resistance (or feel) of the keys when played.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Keyboards (Music)--Design; Human engineering
Publication Date
5-19-2017
Document Type
Thesis
Student Type
Graduate
Degree Name
Industrial Design (MFA)
Department, Program, or Center
School of Design (CIAS)
Advisor
Stan Rickel
Advisor/Committee Member
Dan Harel
Advisor/Committee Member
Alex Lobos
Recommended Citation
Magee, Andrew James, "The Modernized Keyboard: Improving the Musician’s Experience Through User-Centered Design" (2017). Thesis. Rochester Institute of Technology. Accessed from
https://repository.rit.edu/theses/9418
Campus
RIT – Main Campus
Plan Codes
IDDE-MFA
Comments
Physical copy available from RIT's Wallace Library at ML549 .M34 2017