[sdiy] Real piano keyboards: any use?

[Simon Brouwer]

In any case, take care if removing the strings from the frame. The cast
iron frame is under enormous tension from the strings, and if you remove
this tension unevenly (e.g. starting from one end) I would be concerned it
might break up in a dangerous way.

Scott Nordlund schreef:
>
> 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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