Struck Grand Piano: Prepared Piano Kontakt Instrument by Soundiron

The library focuses on extended piano techniques. Articulations include choked, hammered, picked, scraped and struck piano, along with steel slide and steel harmonic sounds. Fingered and picked glisses, mallet-struck strings, scrapes and steel harmonics add further textures.

The developer describes the tuned sounds as sitting between a melodic tuned percussion instrument and a large stringed zither. The range covers the full piano keyboard, so the same articulations can be played across low bass strings and high registers.

The Layer Builder lets you blend up to 12 independent articulation layers into a single patch, and the included master Layer Builder presets give a starting point for combinations.

The Gliss/Strum Creator generates strums and string glisses with key and chord constraints, stroke direction, alternation, speed, dynamic sequencing, arpeggiation and palm muting. Each parameter can be automated, which the developer presents as a way to create more organic performances. Filter, EQ, LFO and reverb controls are also automatable in your host.