At Yamaha they have a laser for key leveling which works just fantastic although I personally think that key leveling is not that bad a job to do. It would be really great though if some very smart tech could figure out a laser to do let off on grands (bass and treble please). After all those years my back groans. André Oorebeek On 28-sep-04, at 19:49, Richard Brekne wrote: > 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > André Oorebeek
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