Piano pedal actuating device and method of playing a piano using the device
OwnerRose M. Schubertinventor
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Abstract
The combination of a piano and an actuating device for a pedal on the piano. The actuating device has a frame, an arm on the frame movable in a controlled path, and an actuator assembly. The actuator assembly has a component moved from a first position into a second position to thereby cause the pedal to move from the starting position into the actuated position. The actuator assembly is configured so that movement of the arm in a first direction in the controlled path causes the one component to move from the first position into the second position. The arm is movable by a leg of a user situated in a playing position with respect to the piano.
Claims20
In combination:
- a piano having at least one operating pedal that is movable by a user from a starting position into an actuated position;
- and
- a pedal actuating device comprising:
- a frame;
- an arm on the frame and movable in a controlled path;
- and
- an actuator assembly,
- the frame in an operative position relative to the piano,
- the actuator assembly comprising a component that is moved from a first position into a second position to thereby cause the one operating pedal to move from the starting position into the actuated position,
- the actuator assembly configured so that movement of the arm in a first direction in at least a part of the controlled path causes the component to move from the first position into the second position,
- wherein the arm is movable by a leg of a user situated in a playing position with respect to the piano by engaging a surface movable with the arm and moving the surface in a path that is substantially parallel to a horizontal reference plane.
In combination:
- a piano having at least one operating pedal that is movable by a user from a starting position into an actuated position;
- and
- a pedal actuating device comprising:
- a frame;
- an arm on the frame and movable in a controlled path;
- and
- an actuator assembly,
- the frame in an operative position relative to the piano,
- the actuator assembly comprising a component that is moved from a first position into a second position to thereby cause the one operating pedal to move from the starting position into the actuated position,
- the actuator assembly configured so that movement of the arm in a first direction in at least a part of the controlled path causes the component to move from the first position into the second position,
- wherein the arm is movable by a leg of a user situated in a playing position with respect to the piano by engaging a surface, movable with the arm, and moving the surface in a first direction in a predetermined path,
- the pedal actuating device configured so that movement of the surface in the first direction in the predetermined path causes the generation of a force that is transmitted to the component through at least one of:
- (a) a cable;
- and (b) a cooperating pair of gears.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.