INTRO

Grandpa Toy Piano by Headless Buddha is a unique little instrument that has big potential. It has lots and lots of character. I plan to use it for eerie background counter melodies and biting lead lines. It's ragged, timeworn, and has plenty of pleasing noise. It even comes with a dial for cranking up the grunge. It's a well-sampled little ditty with several velocity layers and a couple round robins per note.

IN A WORD (or several):

• Authentic.
• Inspiring.
• Tattered.
• Underpriced.

SUMMARY

All in all, it's an inspiring bit of sample madness. I highly recommend this one-of-a-kind gem to anyone looking to add unusual piano-ish bits to audio tracks. Grandpa is alive and kicking and could bring a nearly dead track to life if used creatively. Tommy Zai gives Grandpa two big ol' thumbs up. Great job, Headless Buddha.

Note: It's difficult rate a sample instrument like this. I gave it a "10" because it's perfectly imperfect.