Has anyone ever made an instrument (not a Casio keyboard!) that is a clavichord, harpsichord & fortepiano, all in one, far end action of keys being decided by the operation of levers/stops, controlled by the player ??
The line of tangents for the striking point does not exactly match the hitchpin locations because most of the bass strings are hitched to the block on the left wall of the case. It is quite usual to have the extreme bass tangents some distance from the end of their keys, whereas the treblemost tangents are almost at the extreme end of their keys.
Has anyone ever made an instrument (not a Casio keyboard!) that is a clavichord, harpsichord & fortepiano, all in one, far end action of keys being decided by the operation of levers/stops, controlled by the player ??
That would be cool!! But complex!
josh9point0 1 year ago
Nice!!! Thanks for this. Why do the keys extend beyond the tangents so much?
josh9point0 1 year ago
The line of tangents for the striking point does not exactly match the hitchpin locations because most of the bass strings are hitched to the block on the left wall of the case. It is quite usual to have the extreme bass tangents some distance from the end of their keys, whereas the treblemost tangents are almost at the extreme end of their keys.
hpschdnu 1 year ago