Knabe once used little stickers pinned to rocker
capstans on grands. A true pain ( especially when
repeatedly removing the stack! ) but posessed of some
mechanical advantages, so I've heard.
Comments? Could a modern, more convenient version be
implemented?
Thump
--- Richard Brekne <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
wrote:
> Hi folks..
>
> I just had to ask this..... you see I got to
> thinking about the idea of
> two capstans... or something to the effect, and so I
> took a sawed off
> capstan screw today and fastened a tuning pin
> bushing on top... one of
> the kind that was prebored... 6mm hole in an 11 mm
> dowel.
>
> And I screwed this thing on to an action model you
> see.... and by golly
> the darn thing worked great. I got both a greater
> mechanical advantage,
> and a bit more letoff distance. I couldnt find any
> friction difference
> worth mentioning.
>
> With the origional capstan DW was 54 and UW 28, and
> with the juririgged
> capstan DW was 51 and UW was 26. Also, a 41 to 38.5
> BW
>
> I dont really know what to think about the ratio in
> this as it would
> change through the key stroke.
>
> So tell me this is a crazy idea, and why. Whats
> wrong with the idea of a
> concave capstan top instead of the convex design we
> have ?
>
> curious
>
> RicB
>
> --
> Richard Brekne
> RPT, N.P.T.F.
> UiB, Bergen, Norway
> mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no
> http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
>
>
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