[pianotech] Player system

[David Lawson Pianos]

Hi Stephane

We had an upright Kawai piano here in the shop a year or back that had a silent system. There was a lever under the keyboard that moved a felted bar up in front of the hammer shank. It would catch the hammers just before they hit the strings so the only sound was from the digital signal sent through the headphones. A more cost effective option though, if room permits, is to have an acoustic piano to play during the day, and an entry level digital piano with headphones, to play at night.

Kind Regards,

Alastair McLean
David Lawson's Pianos
Wangaratta, Australia.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Cy Shuster 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 12:49 AM
  Subject: Re: [pianotech] Player system


  The Moog Piano Bar is half of what you want:
  http://www.moogmusic.com/newsarch.php?cat_id=24


  It uses the piano's keys to trigger a sampler, but it doesn't stop the sound of the hammers.  


  --Cy--


  Cy Shuster, RPT
  ABQ, NM
  www.shusterpiano.com


  On May 27, 2009, at 7:29 AM, Stéphane Collin wrote:


    Hi Larry.

    Thank you for your input.
    I was thinking of a system that mutes the piano (so you can play late at night) and triggers a sampler (so you can hear a piano sound in a headphone).  But it is interesting to dig into that player stuff.  This is not that popular in Europe yet, but I’m sure it will in the near future.

    Best regards.

    Stéphane Collin.
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