Key Leads and Inertia

Richard Brekne Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no
Fri, 13 Jun 2003 15:47:02 +0200



"David C. Stanwood" wrote:

> Brekne wrote:
>
> >Would be fun to see this instrument. The thing about springs and magnets is
> >that the farther into the stroke you get the weaker their effect. This is
> >supposed to be a bad thing according to some critics.
>
> Here is a picture of setting the magnet gaps in the first Simplified Magnet
> Action being installed by Stanwood/Pietjouw in Holland at the inventors
> workshop.  The installation pictured shows magnets used in conjunction with
> keyleads.
>
> http://www.stanwoodpiano.com/magset1.jpg
>
> David Stanwood

Thanks David... am curious... are magnets installed in the keys themselves, or
are those just peices of metal that are attracted to the magnets below in the
rails ?

Cheers
RicB

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