Looking for an automat

Conrad Hoffsommer hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu
Sat, 08 Mar 2003 06:18:46 -0600


Isaac,

At 10:52 03/08/2003 +0100, you wrote:
>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.


It's been 20+ years since I was there, but if I recall correctly, the 
Steinway (NYC) factory had a machine which used a series of cams mounted on 
a shaft and a lever arrangement which played the keys.  Kind of a Vorsetzer 
arrangement.



Conrad Hoffsommer
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