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Is it possible that someone can give me an idea of the angular rotation that a changer finger goes through when a)raising, and b)lowering, a string by a whole tone? I am looking for the worst case situation here. I believe that the change is greater in the case of a plain string as opposed to a woun...

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Please, everyone who wants these, you need to let me have your direct email address - I can not send attachments through the forum system.

Like I said earlier - DUH me! Thanks Burt.

OK, here is the single rod version. I am not sure where I would put the tuner for the 'raise' but that is not a biggie...

I have a few thoughts on how to make this work better but it doesn't make a difference to the basic principle...

Comments?????

Working on it guys.....

This is what I mean, Allan :D OK, now I get ya... The complexity just moves over a bit as I see it. (OK, it's not complex really - just a relative term.) What I am referring to is that there needs to be some free movement available on the pedal rod/knee lever used for the raise so that it doesn't m...

That's excellent, Allan :D There is an even simpler form of pull-release, that only uses one rod, for both raises and lowers. Imagine that the bellcrank for the lowers is spring-loaded (instead of a spring-loaded lowering rod), and the collar for the lower is on the other side of the bell crank tha...

I was talking to someone in the local music store the other day about pull-release changers. He had asked how they work. I showed him Burt's sketch and for some reason he couldn't get the hang of it at all. I thought it was perfectly clear. Anyhow, I decided that a moving graphic might help. I will ...

Good stuff guys.
There is another option too. Send me an email WITH YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS (no attachments can be sent through the forum) and I will send you a set of drawings to suit your scale length.
The drawings are .PDF's and can be printed out to full size.

Allan.....

Huh! You lot ain't getting away with this---

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