Larry Fisher has developed just what you are talking about using PianoDisc components. Go to the following web page and you can contact him from there. http://home.pacifier.com/~larryf/wheelchr.html His design is activated by head movement but If that would not work in her case, I don't see why the air tube switch could not be used. Dave Bunch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michiel van Loon" <mvanloon@pianoman.nl> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 2:40 PM Subject: how a girl with an Injured Spinal Cord could use teh right pedal? > Dear colleagues, > After being away from this list for more than 2 years, I subscribed again a > few minutes ago to ask for your advise. > The question has been posed to me is as follows. It is about a 7 year old > girl with an injured spinal cord. She is learning to play the piano. She has > the normal use of het arms and hands, but now that she comes to the point > where she has to use the damper pedal, she needs somthing to depress the > right pedal. > Does anyone of you know if there already exsist something to solve this > problem? > I have been thinking of using Disklavier parts controlled by a tube on which > she can blow to press a microswitch. > Any idea is welcome. > Regards, > > Michiel van Loon > O.D. Laan 6 > 7943 CA Meppel > The Netherlands > telephone 0031 522 255160 > cellphone 0031 6 55150644 > fax 0031 84 8674344 > e-mail mvanloon@pianoman.nl > www.pianoman.nl > >
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