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Re: Any musical instrument?
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Thu, 30 Nov 2000 03:01:44 GMT
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Myself being a keyboardist, I've been seriously considering making a single
manual harpsichord (with the strings non-LEGO, of course).  I've worked out
workable mechanisms for the key action.  However, it'll take a while to
collect the parts for 4 octaves.  I'm still fine tuning designs for the
tuning pegs.

-Henry



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  Re: Any musical instrument?
 
Hmmm. I imagine a piano action wouldn't be out of the question, either. The main problem I can see is with the strings - if you're looking at 4 octaves, thats 48 fairly tight strings, which is going to put a fair bit of strain on whatever base you (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)
  Re: Any musical instrument?
 
I'm on the brink of stringing up my full-sized, playable LEGO harpsichord. But for fun, I made a miniature "mock-up" version (out of LEGO, of course) of what the final instrument will eventually look like: (URL) slightly bigger than Miniland scale, (...) (22 years ago, 3-May-02, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.build) ! 

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  Re: Any musical instrument?
 
(...) Using a non-lego element(ie fishingline) a harpsichord could work. Deap sound box under vs a soundingboard should give air room to spread and amplify a bit. Might try it myself. RCXed tension motor pitch bender for leslie/vibrato/triggered... (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)

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