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Re: Switched-Off Keys
By Karl Ellison

Damon Atchison asked why "every player piano has a switch under the keybed to lock the keys."

I'd imagine that by decoupling the keyboard you remove mass that the striking pneumatic has to accelerate when it plays, giving you a faster, crisper responding note. A great "feature" for unrestored instruments ;)

Also on reproducers, I can imagine some quiet passages may not play some notes if the player is not adjusted quite right.

Karl Ellison - Ashland, Massachusetts U.S.A.
KBEllison@aol.com http://members.aol.com/kbellison/kbe.html

(Message sent Sat 25 Jan 1997, 16:36:13 GMT, from time zone GMT-0500.)

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