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Permalink Reply by HENRY LOWMAN on October 28, 2009 at 5:15pm

Now THAT'S thinking outside the box! Great idea! DO IT!!

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Permalink Reply by Roosterman on October 29, 2009 at 4:20am

DO IT!

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Sprague (Knotlenny) on October 29, 2009 at 5:12pm

Cool idea, Ben.

It reminds me of a Rube Goldberg idea I was kicking around a couple of months ago.
It would be a mainspring and clockwork gear kind of a thing for my backpack drum rig. Your feet would work the escape mechanism in the way that a pendulum does in a clock.
then you could drive multiple actions just by engaging the proper gear - only utilizing the back and forth movement of left foot/ right foot.

Lets say you were playing in 4/4 time - you could have the proper gear ratios to trigger say the base drum on the 1 beat - and a snare drum on 2, 3 and 4.

I understand the concept - but it's a little too ambitious for me at this stage of life. Maybe when I'm retired . . . .
Probably have to seek out a clockmaker for technical advice. ha-ha.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Gajeski on October 29, 2009 at 5:21pm

I was also thinking about doing this with a motor with a speed control.

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