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		binarycrusader on Sept 29, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Specially made gloves let Brazilian pianist Joao C... Yes, see the videos I linked earlier. Short version is that the pianist can press the keys but finds it difficult to lift their fingers up after pressing. The gloves have some sort of mechanism and design put into them to assist the pianist by making it easier to lift their fingers after pressing keys.

rasz on Sept 30, 2020 [–]

some sort of mechanism = underpants rubber bands

buran77 on Sept 30, 2020 | [–]

Carbon fiber blades over the fingers keeping them pulled back (so straight).

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