How a piano key works

[Megan]

http://i.imgur.com/NEpTu3a.mp4




Most of us here knows how a piano key works, but I find this animation mesmerising and fascinating!

[Peter]

Yes it is really quite ingenious - thanks for that Megan.

[Joy]

That's pretty good. My piano is a 1910 upright and it's kind of fascinating to peek at the mechanism.

[dahc]

I've done some repair to my Grinnel Bros. upright. The mechanism is beastly to work on. Replaced a lot of bridle straps. One time I replaced a hammer arm with a wooden popsicle stick. I worked, and is still going. although I am terrible at tuning.

[Joy]

Sounds like you are very innovative!

[Harvey]

http://i.imgur.com/NEpTu3a.mp4

Most of us here knows how a piano key works, but I find this animation mesmerising and fascinating!

I didn't know. The animation reminds me of a Rube Goldberg contraption.