[CAUT] F..riction

Fred Sturm fssturm at unm.edu
Fri Dec 3 09:15:36 MST 2010


On Nov 30, 2010, at 7:02 AM, Ed Sutton wrote:

> 1) For a quick test, draw strips of cloth, felt or cardboard into  
> the "yoke" between the end of the flange nose and the hammer shank.  
> This will increase the friction without moving the hammers or  
> changing any other parameters.
>
> If you like the result,
>
> 2) Mold little brake shoes into the yoke and attach the brake pads  
> to a rail, attach the rail to a pedal, and voila! (or is that  
> viola!?) you have a new kind of soft pedal.
>
> Ed Sutton


Hi Ed,
	I love it. Contact your patent attorney immediately. Could be  
retrofit to those disklavier tabs, perhaps (might void the Yamaha  
warrantee, though). ;-)
Regards,
Fred Sturm
fssturm at unm.edu
http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/FredSturm

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