Spent most of yesterday making these brackets which were designed to slot into exactly-fitting slots behind my piano stand, which is a block of wood I made a few year ago (I'm so pleased I did that, it's a much better idea to have a fixed, solid thing for the piano). The brackets need to bend backwards, I I made a few hacksaw cuts:
And reinforced the joint with MDF, 12mm and 6mm bits glued to make an 18mm deep part:
Here it is slotted in. The pair had to match:
This worked to some extent, the distance etc. and they could hold the weight easily but they are too springy when the synth is played. Any spring at all isn't really useful, so I'll scrap them today and make new ones from wood. It was useful to make these, I could adjust the height to get it just right. An expensive exercise in time and materials (these shelving bits aren't cheap) but still worth it. The best way to make a good thing is make many things, each of which gets better.
I also printed as 250-page A4 stack of data on the MODX7. I will spend a few weeks leaning everything about it. It can do just about everything, is somewhat over-engineered for my taste (as such it has no distinctive sound and nobody could possibly use it to its potential, it's too massive). Most modern synths, especially Yamaha ones, seem to demand a programmer specialising in audio processing, as well as a musician. I'm fortunate to be both.
