Towards the Continuous Harmonium: Replicating the Continuous Keyboard

Travis West, Ninad Puranik, Gary Scavone, and Marcelo Wanderley

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract

In our effort to develop an augmented harmonium to enable the performance of continuous pitch ornamentation while preserving typical harmonium gestures, we have replicated the continuous keyboard presented by McPherson et al. in prior work. We present 1) our adaptations to the design of the sensing system, 2) our preliminary novel mapping design, and 3) a report on our replication process.

Citation

Travis West, Ninad Puranik, Gary Scavone, and Marcelo Wanderley. 2025. Towards the Continuous Harmonium: Replicating the Continuous Keyboard. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15699652 [PDF]

BibTeX Entry

@article{nime2025_57,
 abstract = {In our effort to develop an augmented harmonium to enable the performance of continuous pitch ornamentation while preserving typical harmonium gestures, we have replicated the continuous keyboard presented by McPherson et al. in prior work. We present 1) our adaptations to the design of the sensing system, 2) our preliminary novel mapping design, and 3) a report on our replication process.},
 address = {Canberra, Australia},
 articleno = {57},
 author = {Travis West and Ninad Puranik and Gary Scavone and Marcelo Wanderley},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.15699652},
 editor = {Doga Cavdir and Florent Berthaut},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {June},
 numpages = {4},
 pages = {406--409},
 presentation-video = {https://youtu.be/iFCblP3tDxk},
 title = {Towards the Continuous Harmonium: Replicating the Continuous Keyboard},
 track = {Paper},
 url = {http://nime.org/proceedings/2025/nime2025_57.pdf},
 year = {2025}
}