Latest Duo-Art Modification
By Craig Brougher
After reading the latest and greatest way to modify a reproducer for soft playing with expression (Forget the fact that all D/A's have a "Soft" position), Why not go whole hog and just tear out the expression box underneath, because you won't need it anymore. Here is the latest device.
Bore a 1" hole through the plate, the soundboard, etc. in line with the lid prop cup. You mount a giant multi-leaved hinged pneumatic under the piano and attach your new (extra-long) lid prop to that. Get some really big valves. As the roll calls for expression, the lid flies up and down accordingly. Pete Knobloch will also tell you that this certainly makes quite a difference on his professional quality ANSI db meter, too, and everybody is happy. You have the musicians happy, because they don't really care how you get expression, you have the non-musicians happy, because they now have something very fascinating to watch, and you have the roll companies happy, because some of their rolls literally attempt to make the player fly off the floor like a big one-winged bat, so everybody will want those!
Craig B.
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