TITLE: A Boyd-of-London Piano
NAME: Christopher Kelly
COUNTRY: England
EMAIL: pb.kelly@virgin.net
WEBPAGE: under construction
TOPIC: Arts & Entertainment
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: aboyd1.jpg
ZIPFILE: aboyd1.zip
RENDERER USED: 
    PoV-Ray version 3.0 for Windows

TOOLS USED: 
    Paint Shop Pro

HARDWARE USED: 
    Pentium-120


IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 

The image is of some piano keys, of which the reflections can be seen  in the
backboard of the Boyd piano. One key (Middle C) is pushed  downwards (yes...by
an invisible hand ;-)  The black keys are really  weirdly shaped!?!?!

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THE IMAGE WAS CREATED
The black and white key were indivually created using superellipsoids  (which is
perfect for the white keys, but no so good for the black, as you can see).
Then, the collections of three whites and two blacks,  plus four whites and
three blacks were created (ie. notes c, c#, d,  d#, e, and f, f#, g, g#, a, a#,
b, respectively, where the c key is  rotated to give the effect of depression).
Then a series of these  groups were placed side-by-side to create the keyboard.
The backboard  is a reflective black plane with a text object saying "Boyd" 
translated into it. Translations and scalings produce the final result.