Piano For 17.6 HandsPerformed by The New York Miniaturist EnsembleRecorded at The Players TheatreMixed by Jakob Thiesen Commissioned by The New York Miniaturist Ensemble, who perform a repertoire of works consisting of one hundred notes or less. Piano For 17.6 Hands calls for every key on a piano to be struck one hundred times for the duration of a whole note, with sustain pedal down. The first fifty times, the players must strike as hard possible, the final fifty, dynamics are up to each performer.