I was thinking that if I mounted the bonker mechanism directly on the resonator pipe, the hammer shaft would need to be pretty long to accommodate most of them. So I came up with the idea of a hammer arm pivoting on risers that straddle the tone bar. I'd have to engineer the actuator, but the possibilities are pretty vast.
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Coppy describes this as: a …
Coppy describes this as:
This appears to be a quick pen sketch on lined notebook paper. The drawing shows a long rectangular wooden-looking beam or housing viewed in perspective, running diagonally from the lower right toward the upper left.
Mounted on top of the beam is a mechanical assembly consisting of:
The beam itself has darkened ends and rough hatching marks, giving the impression of wood grain or shading. The mechanism appears hand-drawn and conceptual rather than dimensioned or engineered.
The overall impression is that of a simple mechanical device, possibly:
Because the sketch is schematic and lacks labels, dimensions, or context, I cannot determine its exact purpose with confidence. However, the key visual features are a long rectangular base, a pivoting lever, a circular component above the lever, and what appears to be a spring-assisted linkage.
Given your history of building mechanical musical instruments and organ actions, my first impression is that it could be a rough concept sketch for a hammer, pallet, or actuator mechanism, but that is only a possibility rather than something visible in the drawing itself.
I added AI for helping with…
I added AI for helping with alt text for images. AI thinks this is: Pencil sketch of a mouse in a mousetrap on lined notebook paper
Wow. Okay. I asked Coppy …
Wow. Okay. I asked Coppy (Copilot) to generate a 3d image of this, and after plenty of discussion it came up with this monstrosity: