Specially made gloves let Brazilian pianist Joao Carlos Martins play again
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Re: Specially made gloves let Brazilian pianist Joao Carlos Martins play again
#2It would be nice to see a video of the gloves in action, but I couldn’t see one on the page.
Re: Specially made gloves let Brazilian pianist Joao Carlos Martins play again
#3It would be nice to see a video of the gloves in action, but I couldn’t see one on the page.
Re: Specially made gloves let Brazilian pianist Joao Carlos Martins play again
#4This is peak wholesome. Is there an explanation of the tech?
Re: Specially made gloves let Brazilian pianist Joao Carlos Martins play again
#5This is peak wholesome. Is there an explanation of the tech?
Yes, see the videos I linked earlier. Short version is that the pianist can press the keys but finds it difficult to lift their fingers up after pressing. The gloves have some sort of mechanism and design put into them to assist the pianist by making it easier to lift their fingers after pressing keys.
Re: Specially made gloves let Brazilian pianist Joao Carlos Martins play again
#6How do these gloves work? It seems like the Chicago Tribune is wholly uninterested in even making an attempt to explain it. Maybe they really are 'magic' gloves.
Re: Specially made gloves let Brazilian pianist Joao Carlos Martins play again
#7The description in this article from January (in Portuguese)[0] seems to indicate that the gloves are completely passive, constantly pulling his fingers outward. He says he wears them constantly to get used to his hands being open, as before they were always somewhat closed.
[0]https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/cotidiano/2020/01/joao-carlos-...
Re: Specially made gloves let Brazilian pianist Joao Carlos Martins play again
#8How do these gloves work? It seems like the Chicago Tribune is wholly uninterested in even making an attempt to explain it. Maybe they really are 'magic' gloves.
From the description of the article, they pull his fingers up. He can adjust the glove to change how strongly they do.
The stronger the pull, the faster the movement, the faster that he can play.
Re: Specially made gloves let Brazilian pianist Joao Carlos Martins play again
#9How do these gloves work? It seems like the Chicago Tribune is wholly uninterested in even making an attempt to explain it. Maybe they really are 'magic' gloves.
From the description of the article, they pull his fingers up. He can adjust the glove to change how strongly they do. The stronger the pull, the faster the movement, the faster that he can play.
Clarification: Pulls the individual finger up after it plays a note...
Re: Specially made gloves let Brazilian pianist Joao Carlos Martins play again
#10It would be nice to see a video of the gloves in action, but I couldn’t see one on the page.
Here's a few: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roJ7nZs9Fz4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PZ2YLLQIJI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEZzoJVCJ6s
That first video is heartbreakingly beautiful