摘要:
A silencing apparatus is provided for pianos having an electronic sound source as well as the conventional acoustic sound mechanism. The silencing apparatus includes a plurality of arms, a stop rail bridging ends of the arms and a positioning mechanism. When acoustic sound is to be silenced, a wire is pulled by means of an operating lever, thereby pivoting an actuating lever which is connected to one of the arms. This causes the stop rail to pivot to the stop position at which the stop rail abuts against and thereby stops motion of the hammer shanks which move in response to key depressions. The stop rail and the arms thereon define open spaces for accommodating for the presence of the other components, such as damper units, inside the piano. Thus, the silencing apparatus of the present invention travels over a greater range of motion without interfering with the operation of other components inside the piano.
摘要:
A damper unit for a piano is provided in which the position of a hammer stop rail for contacting the hammer shanks before the hammers strike the strings can be changed from an inoperative retracted position to a stop position with a relatively small drive force and the hammer stop rail is firmly and reliably positioned at the stop position. Stop rail support arms for supporting the hammer stop rail are connected, via linkage mechanisms composed of links and lever arms, to a rotary shaft. By pulling a wire that is connected to the rotary shaft, the rotary shaft is rotated, such that the hammer stop rail can be positioned, via the linkages, at the stop position and the retracted position, in which the hammer stop rail does not contact the hammer shanks. As compared with the conventional damper unit, the position of the hammer stop rail can be changed with a relatively small drive force. Moreover, the hammer stop rail is thus fixedly positioned at the stop position, thereby reliably dampening the hammer striking sound. The linkage mechanisms may be replaced with a cam mechanism that contacts the stop rail support arms for changing the position of the hammer stop rail.
摘要:
Carbon fiber including graphitized fiber is processed electrochemically in an acidic solution for a time sufficient to run a layer reaction such that the reaction extends to the inside of the fiber and thereafter, as required, heat-treated accurately at 100° C. or more to expand layer spacing to form multifibrous carbon fiber, with which hydrogen is brought into contact, adsorbing hydrogen in the inside of the multifibrous carbon fiber.
摘要:
Pitch-based carbon fibers superior in compression characteristics are obtained by mixing a polycyclic aromatic compound and a hydrogen donating compound at a mole ratio of the latter to the former in the range of 0.1 to 10, polymerizing the resulting mixture at a temperature of 50.degree. to 400.degree. C. in the presence of a Lewis acid as catalyst, then removing the catalyst, thereafter heat-treating the resulting polymer to obtain a pitch containing 5-40% of anisotropic spheres of 5-60 .mu.m, having a total amount of aliphatic hydrogen of 25-50% and an amount of aliphatic hydrogen after .beta. of 5-25% and containing not more than 30% of oriented carbon based on a total amount of aromatic carbon, then spinning said pitch, then making the resulting pitch fiber infusible and subjecting the pitch fiber thus rendered infusible to a carbonization treatment.
摘要:
A carbon/carbon composite is prepared by impregnating a bundle of carbon fibers with a polymer of a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound, carbonizing the thus-impregnated carbon fiber bundle under pressure or under pressing and, optionally, further carbonizing the thus-carbonized carbon fiber bundle at atmospheric pressure.
摘要:
A carbon/carbon composite is prepared by mixing 100 parts of a carbonaceous pitch with 1-45 parts by weight of at least one aromatic compound containing at least one functional group selected from nitro and hydroxyl groups, then impregnating a bundle of carbon fibers with the resulting mixture, thereafter carbonizing the thus-impregnated carbon fiber bundle under pressure or under pressing, and if necessary, further carbonizing the thus-carbonized carbon fiber bundle at atmospheric pressure.
摘要:
There is provided a repetition lever for a grand piano, which is excellent in shape retainability and dimensional stability and is light in weight and high in rigidity, thereby enabling required operations to be stably performed and improving the capability of repeated key striking. A repetition lever 4 for a grand piano, which performs the operation of pushing up a hammer 30 after the hammer has struck a string, is formed by a molded article of a thermoplastic resin containing long fibers for reinforcement, the molded article being molded by a long fiber process. The repetition lever 4 has reduced cross-sectional area portions 49, 50, and 54 for reducing weight thereof. The long fibers for reinforcement are carbon fibers, and the thermoplastic resin is an ABS resin.
摘要:
A damper lever for a grand piano is provided for realizing a significantly cost reduction, a higher dimensional accuracy at a fabricating stage and a higher weathering resistance, and for permitting lead pieces to be stably fixed in a lever body without causing fracture or deformation of the lever body. The damper lever for a grand piano is composed of a lever body formed of a molded plastic material, and having a fitting recess formed on one side surface thereof and an inserting hole extending from the fitting recess and open to the other side surface of the lever body, and a plurality of lead pieces each having a head and a shaft extending from the head. Each lead piece has its head inserted into the inserting hole of the lever body and the head fitted in the fitting recess of the lever body, and a top end of the shaft is caulked to fix each lead piece in the lever body.
摘要:
There is provided a repetition lever for a grand piano, which is excellent in shape retainability and dimensional stability and is light in weight and high in rigidity, thereby enabling required operations to be stably performed and improving the capability of repeated key striking. A repetition lever 4 for a grand piano, which performs the operation of pushing up a hammer 30 after the hammer has struck a string, is formed by a molded article of a thermoplastic resin containing long fibers for reinforcement, the molded article being molded by a long fiber process. The repetition lever 4 has reduced cross-sectional area portions 49, 50, and 54 for reducing weight thereof. The long fibers for reinforcement are carbon fibers, and the thermoplastic resin is an ABS resin.
摘要:
In a step of spinning a molten mesophase pitch in a process for manufacturing a pitch-type carbon fiber, the pitch is allowed to pass through an orifice and to be contracted once, is then expanded in an introduction port with a diameter greater than that of the orifice, and is then allowed to pass through an outlet pore formed at a collecting portion to spin the pitch. The pitch-type carbon fiber has a high elastic modulus in tension and high compressive strength.