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Google Built a 'Monotune' Piano for It's Latest Android Ad [Video]

Google Built a 'Monotune' Piano for It's Latest Android Ad [Video]

Posted February 16, 2016 at 3:28pm by
For its latest 'Be together. Not the same.' Android ad, Google built an 88 key monotune piano.

A piano has 88 keys. Each one is different. But what if they were all the same? To find out, we took apart a piano and reengineered it so that it only plays one note: Middle C. Be together. #NotTheSame


Take a look at the ad, and the making of, below.




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Johnnie Buttelwerth
Johnnie Buttelwerth - February 19, 2016 at 8:52pm
I use apple because it just works better for what I need it to do
The Droid You Are Not Looking For
The Droid You Are Not Looking For - February 17, 2016 at 9:57am
An android phone with 88 keys? Sweet! I'm going to be the first to buy it! (not really lol)
stevenlacross
stevenlacross - February 16, 2016 at 4:08pm
Ha ha ha. You can't compare pianos to phones. There's a reason why everyone who switches from android to Apple stays on Apple and everyone who switches from Apple to android switches back to Apple... That's because you only need one note to make something beautiful.
AverageReviewer
AverageReviewer - February 16, 2016 at 8:19pm
It's impossible for one note to make something beautiful a song needs various notes
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