Piano Parts

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Have some photos of the mechanics of piano keys...

Our local piano teacher received a part of a piano.

I wanted to photograph it as soon as I saw it.  These are the hammers that strike the piano wires.

I think this is where the piano wires would terminate.

The mechanical parts of the keys were finely machined and balanced pieces of wood held in place by metal pins and balanced with lead weights.

The hammer-and-keys were complicated -- the idea is that the hammers bounce up and then fall back a little to allow the strings to vibrate.  

There are a lot of felt and cork pads where the bits of mechanism meet.