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3D printed key mechanism for a celesta
I am building a keyboard instrument with a glockenspiel suspended above a set of 3D printed key mechanisms, which makes it really a celesta rather than a piano. Each note's whole implementation is narrow enough to fit within the width of a key, and alongside the key mechanism I have prototyped a sustain damper that lifts off the tone bar when the key is pressed and returns to damp it when the key is released. After trying to make the mechanisms compliant, I have given up on that approach and I am going to make an ordinary mechanism instead.