[sdiy] Piezo keyboard

[john mahoney]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Grenader" <peter at buzzclick-music.com>


> Jeez ...don't all you guys answer at once or anything...

LOL! Servo's right: it's Friday, and he's a silly sausage. ;-) I'll play the
Feature Creep Game, too.

The idea that I had related to this comment:
> > My only complaint is it takes a bit more pressure than I would like
before
> > they short, but these things are so cool and I can forgive this.  But I
> > won't be able to simple run my hand across and get a reaction like I
would
> > with touch keyboard.  Possibly however in time I could use these just as
> > contact plates and not incorporate their internal switch at all -
there's a
> > possibility this will work.  But if not, I'm OK with it.

What if you covered the disks with thin aluminum? (Such as the smooth,
aluminum foil tape used for ductwork -- it's a form of duct tape, but not
the wrinkly plastic type). You could then have capacitive touch switches to
trigger the keypresses, with the piezo pressure for aftertouch.

I know, the idea of using tape might seem kinda cheesy. But, it's fairly
cheap, easily replaceable, and you're not going to be poking it with sharp
objects.
--
john (cheesy and cheap, but not so easily replaceable)

P.S. I have some of that tape and could mail you a length of it.