Towards the Open Piano(ide)

For a quite a while now I had this lose and vague idea of

a minimalist quiet open source "Pianoid" electro-accoustic tabletop keyboard instrument :

• silent / quiet, with contact mics or magnetic pickups

• small, lightweight, portable

• simplest action possible (Viennese mechanism or perhaps something simpler)

• simple sustainable materials:

• all parts lasercut wood and lasercut steel (if required), no 3D printing required

• easy and fast assembly, no crafty tooling or workshop required

• low cost to "no budget"

• 4-5 octaves

• no built in preamp

• easy to tune and maintain

desired sonic properties:

• silent / quiet

• strong dynamic timbre variation

• reverberant sustain option (pedal or lever, mechanical springs, etc.)

• "deep" evolving single note sound

but lacking any crafty skills and tools and workspace, I had no idea how to initiate such a project.

Further thinking about the details and the inspiration I got from various sources lead back to the roots and to the much simpler concept of the HaptiClavier.