System for rejuvenating vintage organs and pianos

A system for rejuvenating conventional old keyboard musical instruments having keys to MIDI standards said keyboard instrument being an acoustic piano having an array of piano strings which are adapted to be struck by an array of hammers, comprising:

• one or more linear arrays of key actuation sensors, printed circuit board means carrying said key actuation sensors for sensing key actuation and expression effects by a musician, means for mounting said one or more linear arrays adjacent the keyboard of said musical instrument to sense and convert each key actuation and expression effect of the musician to first coded electrical signals, respectively,
• control means connected to receive said first coded digital electrical signals and provide digital note control signals in MIDI format,
• means for simultaneously silencing all keys of said conventional keyboard musical instrument, including sound absorbing mens positionable between said arrays of hammers and piano strings,
• transducer means for converting actuation of foot pedals by a musician to foot pedal control signals and means connecting said foot pedal control signals to said control means, and
• one or more performance modules connected to receive said digital note control signals and produce a musical performance.