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There is no direct mechanical linkage between the keys and the strings. The piano action sets the hammer moving, and then it flies through the air uncontrolled
by mrob 6y ago
There is no direct mechanical linkage between the keys and the strings. The piano action sets the hammer moving, and then it flies through the air uncontrolled until it bounces off the string. The only control the player has is how fast they start it moving, and there's no reason you couldn't do this with a solenoid (although it would have to be a fast one to match the latency of the mechanical action).
- siltpotato 6y agoThat sounds too expensive for a problem that could more easily solved by switching to a different instrument, like a button accordion. I know a longtime jazz guitar player who recently switched to something radically different, a clarinet, just because arthritis has been catching up to him.