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Building a Transparent Player Piano Action Model
By Peter Vander Veld

The wooden frame of a piano gives the instrument its unique sound.
A transparent material instead could adversely alter that sound.
To demonstrate the works in my instrument I remove the upper panel
to expose the air motor, tracker pneumatic and hammers in action.

The "key" pneumatics are enclosed in the pneumatic chest in such
a position as be difficult to see in operation.  I suppose one could
install a transparent upper panel so the works could be seen without
being exposed to dust, etc.

Peter Vander Veld


(Message sent Sun 19 May 2013, 01:03:21 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

Key Words in Subject:  Action, Building, Model, Piano, Player, Transparent

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