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The 14 pages that link to Prepared piano, each with the reason it gives.

• PianoBroader topic: Preparation turns the piano into a source of timbres beyond its conventional hammer-struck notes.

• John CageBroader topic: Cage developed this technique to make one pianist evoke an ensemble of percussion instruments.

• Extended techniqueBroader topic: Objects placed inside the piano transform ordinary key strikes into metallic, muted, or buzzing sounds.

• Avant-garde musicBroader topic: John Cage’s prepared-piano works turned a familiar instrument into a source of unfamiliar sounds.

• Experimental musicBroader topic: It turns a familiar instrument into a source of unexpected sounds.

• ScordaturaCompared with: Both practices change a string instrument’s timbre, but scordatura changes string pitches rather than inserting objects.

• 4′33″Compared with: Cage’s prepared-piano works transform instrument sounds; this composition withholds them.

• Tom WaitsRelated: Waits has used altered piano sounds to give songs an abrasive, percussive edge.

• Cecil TaylorCompared with: Taylor transformed the unaltered piano through touch and attack, rather than by modifying its strings.

• Danny ElfmanRelated: Unconventional timbres fit Elfman’s use of percussive, eerie colors in some scores.

• Jerry GoldsmithRelated: He used altered piano sounds in Planet of the Apes to suggest an unfamiliar civilization.

• Aphex TwinRelated: Prepared-piano pieces on Drukqs bring acoustic timbres into his electronic catalog.

• 20th-century classical musicBroader topic: John Cage’s use of it turned a familiar instrument into a new sound source.

• Neue MusikRelated: It turns a familiar instrument into a source of unusual timbres.