weird key

Conrad Hoffsommer hoffsoco at luther.edu
Tue Mar 4 07:32:31 MST 2008


pianolady50 at peoplepc.com wrote:
> Hi all,
>  
> Here's a first sighting for me in more than fifteen years of piano key 
> work.  Pictured are two keys of a set that came to the shop yesterday 
> for new key tops.  These keys are articulated for a specific function.  
> Can you find the clues and decipher the function?
>  
> Debbie Legg


-Player piano
-Bar lifts at felt under third lead to keep key fronts from moving while 
player in operation.
-flange at balance/button becomes fulcrum for player mechanism to lift 
more easily from bottom of back end of key.

-- 
Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT - Keyboard Technician
Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045
1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076


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