Patent ID: 6417440
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: G10C,G10F

Abstract:
A damper system including a plurality of dampers for absorbing vibrations of associated strings, comprising:a plurality of damper levers each forming a part of one of said plurality of dampers, said damper levers actuated for rotation by associated keys; a plurality of damper assemblies each forming another part of one of said plural dampers, and having respective damper heads and respective vibration absorbing members respectively fixed to said damper heads, and independently changed between rest positions where said vibration absorbing members are held in contact with said strings and tone generating positions where said vibration absorbing members are spaced from said strings, wherein at least one of said damper levers and said damper heads being formed of powder-containing synthetic resin, different ones of the said damper levers and/or damper heads respectively being different in at least one of specific weight or size depending upon the pitch of tones to be generated by said strings; and a plurality of link mechanisms respectively connected between said damper levers and said damper heads for transmitting forces from said damper levers to said damper assemblies.