The Standing Grand, a piano for the future

FUTURE PIANO正在创造“立式大钢琴”：一架立式大钢琴，以解决现代住宅的空间限制。它将很容易移动，从根本上节省空间和重量轻，通过采用当代工程和材料。Future Piano由钢琴家Sarah Nicolls创立。她通过自己演奏琴弦和琴键的风格发明了新的钢琴形状，所以这架钢琴也使演奏者可以使用每根琴弦的每一部分，增加了钢琴的调色板。Future Piano成立于2017年，领导Innovate-UK资助的设计基金会研究阶段。Sarah组建的团队现在正朝着他们的第一个建造，世界上第一个采用航空复合材料技术的轻型“站立大”。对于女性创新奖，Sarah最期待的是提供的令人难以置信的支持方案，并与其他女性创新者和企业家建立联系。她想让未来钢琴立式三角钢琴成为一个可投资且成功的项目，从根本上颠覆历史悠久且相当安全的钢琴行业。未来钢琴团队还将对他们的第一个复合材料原型进行至关重要的研发，并研究目前在英国没有的本土钢琴制造和创新技能。更多信息请访问www.futurepiano.co.uk。

FUTURE PIANO is creating the 'Standing Grand': a vertical grand piano, to tackle the space limitations of modern homes. It will be easy to move around, radically space saving and lightweight, by employing contemporary engineering and materials.Future Piano was founded by pianist Sarah Nicolls. She invented the new piano shape through her own style of playing the strings as well as the keys so this piano also makes every part of every string available to the performer, adding to the piano's palette. Future Piano was formed in 2017, to lead an Innovate-UK funded Design Foundations research phase. The team that Sarah assembled is now moving towards their first build, of the world's first ever lightweight 'Standing Grand' employing aerospace composites technology.For the Women in Innovation Award, Sarah is most looking forward to the incredible support package on offer and connecting with other female innovators and entrepreneurs. She wants to make the Future Piano Standing Grand an investable and successful project, to really radically disrupt the historical and rather safe piano industry. The Future Piano team will also be undertaking vital R&D on their first composites prototype and looking at on-shoring piano building and innovation skills not currently found in the UK. Find our more at www.futurepiano.co.uk.