2026-03-27

Keyboard Glockenspiel

Let's see we'll have keys from C4 to B7. In 2mm by 12mm steel, that would be bar lengths from about 200mm down to 72mm.

And I am going to make an action more like the "toy piano" action, except with a damper as well.

And I want about a 6x lever ratio on the hammer.

So let's muck about in FreeCAD and see if I can get something that looks convincing.

I've made a start:

Still needs the damper mechanism.