Looking for an automat

[Isaac OLEG]

Gentle(wo)men,

I am looking for a good way to build an automat that can play the keys
of any piano, like the devices used in factories to settle the parts
before final regulation/voicing.

I have heard that in the Bechstein factory, pianists are invited (paid
?) to play on the new instruments, they are supposed to play in all
keys, the people from the factory believe with probably good reasons
that the settling is better when hand made.

Pianodisk systems seems to push the keys from below, but could they be
mounted in reverse direction on an adequate support ?

I've seen a device that works with solenoids, and which is midi
driven, you install it on a keyboard and it can play, but it is still
an expansive $3000 or more thing, and I don't even know if it is
produced yet.

I've seen a custom made machine that used a sewing machine base, an
electric motor, and metal pallets that push frankly on a whole bunch
of keys together, but the system is rather crude as such, and may be
moved from place to place on the keyboard to have the sharps played
and all the keys.

Ach Produktion ...

Thanks for any idea

Isaac OLEG






Isaac OLEG

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> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]De la part de
> stranges@Oswego.EDU
> Envoye : jeudi 6 mars 2003 21:13
> A : College and University Technicians
> Objet : Re: Speaking of Piano Tech courses and books...
>
>
> Heyyy... I LOVED Danny Boone's book. ("Regulating Grand
> Piano- Touch and
> Tone") It was almost a novel rather than a piano tech. book.
> Very thorough.
> (Don't think it ever came out in hardcover.)
>
> :)
> Michelle
>
> ps- is it me or does Schaff look like they are selling on ebay?
> I went there the other day-typed in "piano tools"- and a
> huge list of
> regulating tools were posted on there. The address of the
> seller was in the
> Chicago area..  Hmmmm.....
>
> --On Thursday, March 6, 2003 4:08 PM -0500 Jeff Tanner
> <jtanner@mozart.music.sc.edu> wrote:
>
> > Have any of you heard whether anyone is working on an up-to-date
> > authoratative new book on piano technology?
> >
> > It seems all the old standards are going out of print and
> getting harder
> > to come by -- especially in hard cover.  I just bought a
> couple of used
> > ones in good condition on ebay.  But it seems that there
> hasn't been
> > anything new published in over 25 years now, with the
> exception of Mr.
> > Reblitz's revision, which is also getting harder to come
> by in hard cover.
> >
> > Just wondering.
> > Jeff
> >
> >
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