{"id":2299,"date":"2024-08-12T08:08:27","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T08:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nilamox.com\/mancave21\/?page_id=2299"},"modified":"2024-08-12T09:48:04","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T09:48:04","slug":"anko-touch-and-play-piano-%f0%9f%a7%bb%f0%9f%a7%bb%f0%9f%92%a9","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nilamox.com\/mancave21\/anko-touch-and-play-piano-%f0%9f%a7%bb%f0%9f%a7%bb%f0%9f%92%a9\/","title":{"rendered":"ANKO Touch and Play Piano \ud83e\uddfb\ud83e\uddfb\ud83d\udca9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We live in complex times. I have for some time thought that ANKO was the house brand for K-Mart and Target stores. Indeed nearly every item sold, from fish tweezers to baby bottles is now ANKO. A person of my age remembers the no brands<\/strong> that used to fill the cheap supermarkets and our shared house fridges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That first cola<\/em> even looks like anko<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

But no! This is the 21st century and ANKO is in fact <\/a>the global capability center for Kmart Group Australia. We fuel customer experience for iconic Australian retail brands – Kmart and Target.<\/em> So there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My customer experience was quite fuelled the last few days as it’s been my birthday and a few ANKO instruments have joined the fleet. Let’s start with the ANKO Play and Learn Touch and Play Piano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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No, hang on, that’s the Baby Einstein Magic Touch Piano<\/strong> … that costs a lot more, made in Germany with USA branding…<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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That’s better – wouldn’t want to confuse the real thing with some cheap knock off. Wait a second*… nah must be too much customer fuel. Anyway.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

If you are curious about the action on the keys then you are reading the wrong blog. I like<\/em> that you are tapping your fingers on a solid bit of wood. How does that work? Magic<\/strong>. Quite a few synthesisers would be much better if they were completely carved out of wood – not just the end cheeks. Unlike many electronic toy pianos the notes here are completely polyphonic. The black keys only play the same note as the nearest colour – but they do play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can play piano samples, xylophone, dog or cat. I can’t think of any analogue synthesiser that plays cats which is weird seeing as synthesiser dorks keep going on about cats. You can trust ANKO to provide the cats. I don’t think I really need this keyboard but I’ve made a commitment to look at at musical toys – not as things that need to be circuit bent or screwed up, but as their own little niche of sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also am building a 3D environment with these toys … but more on that later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Look for a picture of Einstein on the ‘real version’. The local one has a mirror ball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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