Hello all,
Ever since buying touchscreen my nanokey 2 has been redundant. I thought it would be nice to try and make it into a stop jamb. Well I have kind of succeeded.
Basically you need 32mm knobs for cabinet doors, in this case beech. Buy some 6 or 8mm bolts, making sure about 2/3rds is smooth shank. Drill some holes where the nanokeys are. You can straddle the knobs a bit meaning you can make a knob for every second key. So up the white key side you can have 8 and the other 5 or 6. You'll also need some springs. One spring is kept normal size, the other cut in half.
Placing them in a box means they rest just in front of the keys. Pulling them slightly springs them into life, brushing the key and turning the stop on or off when released. You can also push them to turn them on or off. You'll have to adjust the nut on the front to decide how much tension is needed. Also, making a ring of felt will stop so much clunking.
Okay, so it isn't like a real organ where you pull or push and they stay - they return to a mid point. But it makes the nanokey look nicer, if you don't require all the keys! I'm going to be using mine to control all the coupler options hauptwerk offers (16,8,4, Ped) as the buttons are rather small for fingers!
John
(I still have to do the grey key side but you can see how it works!
Ever since buying touchscreen my nanokey 2 has been redundant. I thought it would be nice to try and make it into a stop jamb. Well I have kind of succeeded.
Basically you need 32mm knobs for cabinet doors, in this case beech. Buy some 6 or 8mm bolts, making sure about 2/3rds is smooth shank. Drill some holes where the nanokeys are. You can straddle the knobs a bit meaning you can make a knob for every second key. So up the white key side you can have 8 and the other 5 or 6. You'll also need some springs. One spring is kept normal size, the other cut in half.
Placing them in a box means they rest just in front of the keys. Pulling them slightly springs them into life, brushing the key and turning the stop on or off when released. You can also push them to turn them on or off. You'll have to adjust the nut on the front to decide how much tension is needed. Also, making a ring of felt will stop so much clunking.
Okay, so it isn't like a real organ where you pull or push and they stay - they return to a mid point. But it makes the nanokey look nicer, if you don't require all the keys! I'm going to be using mine to control all the coupler options hauptwerk offers (16,8,4, Ped) as the buttons are rather small for fingers!
John
(I still have to do the grey key side but you can see how it works!