[sdiy] Real piano keyboards: any use?

[Scott Nordlund]

I would think the strings would be a lot more interesting than the (possibly damaged?) keys

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> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:56:40 -0800
> From: dixon at interchange.ubc.ca
> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: [sdiy] Real piano keyboards: any use?
>
> This might sound kinda crazy, but my kid's school is throwing out an old
> piano (on Friday), and I was wondering whether one could make profitable use
> of its innards for synth purposes. Any ideas? Has anyone out there ever
> pressed a real piano keyboard into electronic service? What about whacking
> piezos with the hammers instead of strings for some velocity-controlled
> analog mojo?
>
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