Knee Levers

[Farrell]

Graeme & Greg:  Odd, two similar requests like this! John Ross mentioned a
great idea - go electronic - simply adapt needed parts from a player. Brian
Trout went mechanical - knee lever from a reed organ. My thought was
similar. I think many of the 200 year old type pianos had knee levers. Look
at some drawings of these contraptions. Maybe Steve Birkett would have a
good idea on this one. Maybe you could even simply order a lever from one of
the pianoforte kits?

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
From: "Graeme Harvey" <gharvey@netsource.co.nz>
To: "Pianotech@Ptg.Org" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 6:15 AM


> Hello All,
>
> This request came to me from another tuner in NZ not on this list.
>
> "I have a client who plays and teaches a lot of piano,
> who has developed an affliction in her feet/ankles
> which means she can't use the pedals on her piano.
> Does anyone know of a system which would allow a
> pianist to operate the pedals by moving a leg from
> side to side. (She has bad knees as well.)  Is there
> something commercially available, or failing that, has
> anyone ever constructed such a device, and have a
> design for one?  Ideally she would like something that
> can be transferred from piano to piano - I don't know
> how feasible that would be.
>
> Any thoughts or ideas would be very, very welcome."
>
> Post any ideas either to the list or to me privately.
> Many thanks.
>
> Regards
> Graeme Harvey
> New Plymouth
> New Zealand