A material study / 029
Hamburg Piano Workshop
Ivory, felt & polished black.
A music-room palette follows the contrast of pale keytops, red felt, dark lacquer and warm timber.
01 / The palette
Six colors, one atmosphere.
Screen colors are authored interpretations. Material photographs show surface character; they are not calibrated color samples.
02 / Play with the composition
Give the black room to breathe.
Give the black instrument a pale surround and one green wall. A red chair can echo the small felt line inside the piano. Keep brass to a few useful details so it remains an accent.
Palette proportions / Total 100%
Starting points
Explore the pattern and material proportions. The room views are fixed interpretations; the live composition responds to your settings.
Original palette · Music room · Lacquer finish: Satin · Ivory Key: 35%; Mahogany: 15%; Baize Green: 15%; Piano Black: 15%; Hammer Felt: 12%; Brass Pedal: 8%
03 / Translate
From a room to an interface.
The interface
Objects, rooms & materials
The listening begins here.
A music-room palette follows the contrast of pale keytops, red felt, dark lacquer and warm timber.
The same palette. Different roles.
Materials
The ingredients.
An imagined setting.
A contemporary interpretation,
with references kept beside the study.
Take away
Take the study with you.
Sources & interpretation
The Hamburg manufacturer’s account of its lumberyard describes woods used in piano making, including spruce and mahogany. This is an unnamed, imagined workshop; ivory describes a palette colour, not a claim about the material of its keytops.
The palette follows the authored material references in this collection. Room, object and material imagery were created for this study. These are imagined settings, with no affiliation to the fictional interface brands.
The controls explore screen composition, not physical pigment recipes or material measurements. Image rights · Image permissions