Disklavier

Good afternoon, everyone.

To follow-up again on the issue of controlling the pedals from a headset, I 
was pointed to the web site info below by Mark Wisner at Yamaha.

Regards,
PianoBench

Wheelchair Access for the Sustain Pedal
For those that have no control in their legs but would like to be able to 
work the sustain pedal on their piano, I have a solution. It's activated by 
tilting the head and after some practice, the body language of pedal 
activation is not the least bit unpleasant to watch. The bulk of the 
mechanism is mounted under the piano for grands and inside the piano for 
verticals. There is a small "disconnect" or jack mounted under the key board 
on either end of the piano and some thin wire going to the player's head. 
This wire can be concealed or somewhat hidden by running it along the arm 
rest of the chair and up along the player's side to the head band where the 
sensor is. 
This device is run on standard house current, and the voltage to the sensor 
is 5 volts at very low current. It is in no way a permanent installation and 
doesn't do permanent damage to the piano. The existing pedals function as 
they did before, however, on a grand piano they need to be removed so the 
footrests of the wheelchair don't hit anything when the player is positioned 
at the keyboard. 
You can email me at larryf@...

http://home.pacifier.com/~larryf/wheelchr.html