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Hauptwerk Organ Project: Top Manual without Keybed 20090805
Picture shows the top manual with plywood base for the keybed set into softwood endcheeks and bracing strip across the back-edge of the keyboard itself (not shown!). The front of the plywood keybed is set back from the rail to allow inclusion of thumb pistons.
It uses a standard Fatar 61note weighted keyboard as found in the Studiologic SL-161. The casework has been butchered to reutilise the electronics from the Studiologic keyboard (the two red micromatch connectors for the Fatar keyboard are visible in the picture). One feature of the SL-161 electronics is that it is identical to that in the SL-880, an 88-note keyboard. Hence, there are spare notes available which have been utilised for the thumb pistons. Conversion from SPST thumb pistons to Break - Make contacts is achieved using a bespoke circuit constructed on stripboard which sits below the keyboard itself.
See www.hauptwerk.com for more information on the software.
Hauptwerk Organ Project: Top Manual without Keybed 20090805
Picture shows the top manual with plywood base for the keybed set into softwood endcheeks and bracing strip across the back-edge of the keyboard itself (not shown!). The front of the plywood keybed is set back from the rail to allow inclusion of thumb pistons.
It uses a standard Fatar 61note weighted keyboard as found in the Studiologic SL-161. The casework has been butchered to reutilise the electronics from the Studiologic keyboard (the two red micromatch connectors for the Fatar keyboard are visible in the picture). One feature of the SL-161 electronics is that it is identical to that in the SL-880, an 88-note keyboard. Hence, there are spare notes available which have been utilised for the thumb pistons. Conversion from SPST thumb pistons to Break - Make contacts is achieved using a bespoke circuit constructed on stripboard which sits below the keyboard itself.
See www.hauptwerk.com for more information on the software.