Yes... all this to earn that 49.95 we get to do a key level job.... grin.. ya gots to love it. Me pap used to say... the easy way is always the hard way. Cheers RicB Rob Goodale wrote: >Excellent idea but it needs the following enhancements: > >1. built-in GPS sensors to verify that the piano is in proper alignment. >2. A vacuum chamber to minimize air resistance thereby effecting the >response of the key weight. >3. Polarized lighting to minimize glare when viewing the keys. >4. Magnetic shielding to prevent friction cased by deviation. >5. Mainframe computer to monitor and analyze sensory data. >6. Robotic arm to provide the key motion thereby eliminating the >possibility of carpaltunnelsyndrom. >7. Ultrasonic sensor to verify key motion. >8. Radar to record key motion speed. >9. X-ray to determine internal contact surfaces of the key pin. >10. A really good lawyer to file the patent. > > > >> For big key level jobs what we need is a program to >>analyze a digital picture for accurate quick rough in. >> >> >> We would set a camera on a tripod so the keyboard >>occupies the full width of the picture. >> >> The program would inscribe two lines and assign >>punching values to 88 keys based on pixel deviations >>from the lines. The lap top would list 88 sets >>on instructions as to how much punching to insert. >> >> Then we could do a finishing pass taping. >> And I could retire on the royalties ;-) >> >> Cheers >> Dave Renaud >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > >
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