WO2013108382A1 - Damper device for upright piano - Google Patents

Description

Upright piano damper device

The present invention relates to a damper device for an upright piano.

A conventional upright piano damper device is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-343969 (Patent Document 1).

The damper itself is composed of a damper lever, a damper wire provided at one end thereof, and a damper provided at the tip of the damper wire.
The damper is pivotally supported at the center of the damper lever by a damper flange provided on a center rail provided between brackets installed on a fixed part such as a piano shelf.
The damper is provided with a damper spring between the damper lever and the damper flange, the damper lever is always pressed, and the damper provided at the tip is urged in the direction of pressing the string.

On the other hand, on the center rail, the whippen is pivotally supported in the whippen frenzy, the whippen is rotated through the capstan 4 by keystroke of the keyboard, and the bat is pushed up by the jack supported by the whippen and pivoted on the bat. Turn the supported hammer and hit the string.

When the string is struck, the damper spoon provided at the rear end thereof presses the damper lever against the urging force of the damper spring, and the damper is separated from the string with which the damper is in press contact. Therefore, the strings are released and a piano sound is generated when the strings are struck.

In this configuration, when the damper lever is rotated by the key depression, the spring force of the damper spring is transmitted to the performer's finger as a part of the reaction force against the key depression via a spoon etc. Occurs. In addition, since a plurality of springs are used for the action in the upright piano, a springy touch feeling is more remarkable than that of the grand piano. As this is not preferable, a configuration in which a spring is not provided between the damper lever and the damper flange and a weight is provided at the lower end of the damper lever has been proposed. In this weight, a moment around a fulcrum in a direction in which the damper head is turned to the string side by its own weight becomes a weight in the string pressing direction of the damper head (see Patent Document 2).

Also, in upright pianos, the strings used for pianos are usually composed of one string for bass, two strings for low and medium sounds, and three strings for medium and high sounds. Yes.
For this reason, in the felt of the hammer head which is the hammering surface, the portion that hits the string at that time becomes a groove, the groove portion is hardened, and the other peak portion is soft.

Furthermore, the damper of the upright piano has a structure in which the groove hits the single string, but in the case of two strings or three strings, it enters between the strings and produces a silencing effect.

In the grand piano, a soft pedal is provided, and by using the soft pedal, the configuration of the action is configured to slide in the horizontal direction, the hammer moves in the horizontal direction, and the felt mountain portion of the hammer head The sound hits the string and becomes soft.

On the other hand, in the conventional system of the upright piano, the damper is formed integrally with the action, so that neither the action nor the damper can be slid sideways.
Further, in the upright piano, in order to emit a weak sound, the position of the hammer is changed, the hammer is moved forward, and the rotation distance is shortened to produce a soft tone (see, for example, Patent Document 3). ).

However, the mechanism for weak sound is complicated, and it is troublesome to create and use the device. The weak point in this conventional upright piano is that the hammer is rotated by pressing the damper lever by pressing the damper lever with the spoon on the whippen when the key is pressed. It is in the point formed integrally with the structure which pushes a lever.

JP 2001-343969 A JP 2008-90168 A JP 2011-203478 A

The present invention does not require various complicated mechanisms in the upright piano, and by providing a mechanism that is easy to use, the upright piano can be configured separately from the action and the damper device. We propose a damper device for piano.

With this damper device, the damper device and the action can be configured separately, and therefore the action can be configured to move away from the damper device, and the portion hitting the string of the hammer can be moved in the same manner as the action movement of the grand piano. The purpose is to produce a soft sound.

In addition, this damper device allows the damper to return to its old position under its own weight and hold down the strings without using the biasing force of the spring, so that it does not give the player a so-called springy feel. The purpose is to give the same playing feeling as a grand piano.

In order to achieve this object, an object of the present invention is to make the damper device independent from the operation of the whippen and the action mechanism in the upright piano, and to obtain the configuration thereof.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention proposes the following configuration.
In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when the key is released, the damper head comes into contact with the string stretched in the vertical direction to stop the sound, and the damper lever that supports the damper head by rotating the key is rotated. A damper device for an upright piano in which a damper head is separated from a string, wherein the damper lever is pivotally supported by an immovable damper flange provided in front of the string and a protruding portion is provided at the rear end of the keyboard. A damper device for an upright piano, characterized in that the upper portion of the projection is opposed to the lower portion of the damper lever.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, one end portion of the damper lever integrally connected with the damper head is pivotally supported by the pivot pin so as to be pivoted to the stationary damper flange provided in front of the string. A damper device for an upright piano, which is disposed between the pivot pin and the string and urges the damper head against the string in the contact direction by the weight of the damper head and the damper lever.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the damper wire having the damper head at the upper end is planted at the rear end portion of the damper lever, and the front end portion of the damper lever is turned to the stationary damper flange provided at the front of the string. Upright piano damper device characterized by being pivotally supported.

According to the invention described in claim 4, the damper flange is supported by a Japanese suspension arm so as to move in the lateral direction, and the damper lever is supported directly on the rear end portion of the damper lever or the damper lever upright portion via the damper wire or The damper head is integrally provided without being interposed, and a protruding portion is provided at the rear end portion of the keyboard, and the protruding portion is opposed to the rear end portion of the damper lever or the lower end of the damper lever upright portion. Upright piano damper device according to claim 1.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the damper lever having the damper head integrally connected to the upper end is pivotally supported by the pivot pin on the stationary damper flange provided in front of the string at the center thereof. A damper device for an upright piano, wherein the damper head and the damper lever are supported and urged in the contact direction against the string by the weight of the damper head.

According to the damper device of the first aspect, the damper wire or the damper lever for supporting the damper head is rotated on the damper flange provided on the damper rail provided on the fixing portion such as the shelf board or the bracket of the main body of the upright piano. Because it is pivotally supported, and a protruding part is provided at the rear end of the keyboard, and the protruding part is opposed to the lower part of the damper lever, the operation of the damper head is completely different from the operation of the hammer, The damper device could have an independent configuration that had nothing to do with the whippen in action to activate the hammer.

For this reason, the damper device is installed at a fixed position, while the action can be configured to be movable in the left-right direction on the cage.
If this configuration can be adopted, the action for producing a soft sound can be moved by adopting the pedal mechanism as in the case of the grand piano.

The weak mechanism of the conventional upright piano has become a complicated device, such as limiting or releasing the rotation distance of the hammer, but this can be made unnecessary.

Also, since the soft mechanism of the grand piano can move the action, the hammer moves a little due to the movement of the action, the part of the hammer head that hits the string hits the soft mountain part and makes a soft sound I can do it.
In the configuration of the present invention, the same soft sound component mechanism can be adopted since the damper device and the damper device are separately configured in the same manner as this.

Also, since no spring is used for the damper device, the above-mentioned spring-like touch can be avoided when hitting the string, and the touch feeling, after touch and let-off feeling similar to those of a grand piano can be obtained.

According to the damper device of the second aspect, the front end of the damper lever is pivotally supported by a damper flange fixed to a bracket or the like, and the weight of the damper head, the damper wire, and the damper lever is determined after the damper lever. It rests on the end, that is, the part near the string. For this reason, the damper head is brought into contact with the string S by a pivoting moment about the pivot pin toward the rear side, that is, the string side.

When the string is struck, when the rear end of the keyboard 3 is raised, the upper portion pushes up the rear end of the damper lever, so that the damper lever is rotated and the damper head is separated from the string to allow the generation of sound.
When the key is released, the damper is rotated by its own weight, and the damper head hits the string to prevent generation of sound.
Therefore, the damper device is rotated by its own weight of the damper head and the damper lever itself and comes into contact with the string, thereby preventing the feeling of a spring-like finger.

According to the damper device of the third aspect, the front end of the damper lever is pivotally supported by the pivot pin so that the weight of the damper head, the damper wire, and the damper lever is close to the rear end portion of the damper lever, that is, the string. It depends on the part.
Therefore, the operation is the same as that according to the invention of claim 2.
However, due to the simplicity of the configuration, it is convenient in production and use.
Also, the adjustment of the weight is simple, and the weight can be easily selected by selecting, for example, metal, hardwood, plastic, etc. according to the material of the damper lever.

According to the damper device of the fourth aspect, the damper lever pivotally supports two arms on a damper flange provided on a non-moving portion such as a rail at an appropriate interval, and the damper lever is provided at the lower end of the arm. Each is pivotally supported. For this reason, the damper lever is movable in the lateral direction. In the configuration of FIG. 4, the damper lever is pivotally supported at the lower end of the arm, and the damper head is integrally connected to the rear end of the damper lever via a damper wire. The upper part provided at the rear end of the keyboard is opposed.
In the configuration of FIG. 5, the lower end of the arm is pivotally supported by the damper flange, and the damper lever is pivotally supported by the upper end of the arm so that the damper lever can be moved in the lateral direction.
These configurations change the weight of the damper lever, damper wire, and damper head to the pressure in the pressing direction against the string of the damper head, and the contact of the damper head with the string has the function of instantaneously stopping sound generation over almost the entire surface. Can demonstrate.

According to the damper device of the fifth aspect, the lower center portion of the damper lever is pivotally supported by a damper flange fixed to a bracket or the like, and most of the damper head and damper lever are pivot pins. Since the damper head and damper lever are located closer to the string side than the pivot pin, the weight of the damper head and damper lever should be adjusted so that the damper head rotates to the string side. A turning moment is applied to the damper lever at the center, and the damper head is brought into contact with the string S.

When the string 3 is struck, when the rear end of the keyboard 3 is raised, the damper lever rotates so that the protruding upper part pushes the lower end of the damper lever, and the damper head separates from the string and allows the generation of sound.
In addition, by releasing the key, the damper head rotates the damper head and the damper lever itself around the pivot pin by weight, and comes into contact with the string to prevent generation of sound.
Therefore, in the damper device, it is not necessary to provide a spring or a weight, and the device has a simple configuration, and it is easy to manufacture and use is also easy without the need for adjusting the spring or the weight.

Schematic diagram of separated state of one embodiment of the present invention Schematic diagram of stringing state of one embodiment of the present invention Example of damper embodiment of the present invention Damper other examples of the present invention Damper other examples of the present invention Damper other examples of the present invention

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the examples shown in the drawings.
1 and 2 are side views for explaining one embodiment of the present invention.
1, 2, 3 and 4, the left side is the performer side on the front side of the upright piano, and the right side is the back side.

In FIG. 1, the damper device 9 of the upright piano includes a damper lever 93, a damper wire 94 fixed to the rear end thereof, and a damper head 95 installed at the upper end of the damper wire 94. The damper lever 93 is pivotally supported by the damper flange 91 by a pivot pin 92.

The damper flange 91 is fixed to a damper rail 28 fixed to a bracket (not shown) as a fixed portion installed on the shelf board 100 constituting the upright piano body.
In FIG. 1, the damper device 9 shows a state in which the damper head 95 is in contact with the string S stretched in the vertical direction when the keyboard 3 is not pressed.
At that time, a large number of keyboards 3 are arranged in parallel, and each keyboard 3 is placed on the ridge 101 placed on the shelf board 100 so that its approximate center is placed, and the keyboard 3 can swing freely like a seesaw.

A protrusion 31 is planted at the rear end of the keyboard 3. 1 and 2 show a key release state in which the keyboard 3 is not touched, the protruding portion 31 is separated from the damper lever 93, and the damper head 95 is in contact with the string S.

In FIGS. 1, 2, and 3, the weights of the damper lever 93, the damper wire 94, and the damper head 95 as the damper device 9 are directions in which the damper head 95 is rotated in the string S direction with the pivot pin 92 as a fulcrum. By applying a moment to Z, a load is applied in the direction of the arrow Z that brings the damper head 95 into contact with the string S.
In order to further reinforce this rotational moment, the damper lever 93, the damper wire 94, and the damper head 95 can be partially or entirely made of a material that is heavier, such as metal, wood, or plastic.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the damper device 9 is provided with a damper head 95 provided with a damper felt 951 at the tip thereof by planting a damper wire 94 at a rear end portion of the damper lever 93 through a standing portion 96. It can also be configured.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the damper device can also be configured such that the damper lever 93 is movable in the lateral direction.
The structure shown in FIG. 4 is fixed to a damper flange 91 on a stationary damper rail 28 fixed to a bracket or the like, and the upper ends of two arms 98 and 98 are rotated by a pivot pin 92 at an appropriate interval from the damper flange 91. The damper lever 93 is pivotally supported at the lower ends of the arms 98, 98. With this configuration, the damper lever 93 can be moved in the horizontal and horizontal directions.
A damper wire 94 is planted at the rear end portion of the damper lever 93, and a damper head 95 is integrally formed at the upper end thereof. A protruding portion 31 provided at the rear end portion of the keyboard 3 is opposed to a lower portion of the rear end portion of the damper lever 93.

With this configuration, when the keyboard 3 is pressed, when the upper protrusion 31 is raised and the rear end of the damper lever 93 is pushed up, the damper lever 93 is moved in the arrow V direction. Accordingly, the damper head 95 connected to the damper lever 93 via the damper wire 94 moves, the damper felt 951 is separated from the string S, and the sound from the string S can be generated.

On the other hand, when the key is released, the damper lever 93 is loaded with the weights of the arms 98 and 98, the damper wire 94, and the damper head 95 in the opposite arrow V direction through the arms 98 and 98 in addition to its own weight, and the damper head 95 and the damper felt 951. The string S is pressed to stop the sound generation.

5 is substantially the same as the configuration of FIG. 4 except that the damper lever 93 is supported by the upper parts of the arms 98 and 98. In FIG. Further, a standing portion 96 is provided at the rear end portion of the damper lever 93, and the standing portion 96 is pushed up at the protruding portion 31, but the standing portion 96 is not provided (as shown in FIG. 4). The damper lever 93 may be directly pushed up at the upper portion 31.

As another damper device 9, as shown in FIG. 6, a damper head 95 is provided at the upper end of the damper lever 93 via a damper wire 94, and an inclined portion 97 is formed at the lower part of the damper lever 93. The damper lever 93, which is installed opposite the protruding upper portion 31, may be pivotally supported by a pivot pin 92 on a damper flange 91 provided on the damper rail 28.
In addition, as an example of the configuration, the damper wire 94 may be thick, or the configuration portion may be formed of metal, hard wood, heavy synthetic resin, etc., excluding the damper felt 951 of the damper head 95.

These configurations are configured such that the weights of the damper head 95 and the damper wire 94 are applied in the direction of the arrow Z that applies a turning moment in the direction in which the damper head 95 contacts the string S with the pivot pin 92 as a fulcrum.

1 and 2 show an embodiment of the present invention. X indicates an action.
This action X indicates one action X corresponding to one keyboard 3, and is installed corresponding to each of the keyboards 3 arranged in parallel, and corresponds to the strings S that are stretched vertically in the rear part. To do.

Each action X is fixedly installed at each position described below on a Whippen rail 22 installed between brackets (not shown) installed on the shelf board 100 of the upright piano.

In action X, hammers 1, 1,... Are installed in parallel on hammer shank rails 21 installed between the brackets on both sides of the piano, and actions X, X,. It is installed in parallel on the pen rail 22.

The action X is installed corresponding to the keyboard 3 for each keyboard 3, and is composed of a capstan 4 planted on the keyboard 3, a whippen 5 pushed up by the capstan 4, and the whippen 5 The repetition lever 6 and the jack 7 are provided.

The whippen 5 is pivotally supported by a whippen frenzy 51 provided on the whippen rail 22 by a pin 52 at a front portion thereof. A heel 53 formed at the center bottom of the wippen 5 is provided with a projected upper portion 54 and faces the capstan 4. In the repetition flange 55 planted at the upper center of the wippen 5, the central portion of the repetition lever 6 is pivotally supported by a pin 57. The jack 7 is pivotally supported by a pin 58 at the rear end of the wippen 5.

The jack 7 is formed in a substantially L shape, its corner is pivotally supported by the wippen 5 by the pin 58, a contact portion 71 is formed at the lower end, and is opposed to the regulating button 23 provided on the regulating rail 2, A protruding portion 72 formed at the upper end is freely inserted into a guide hole 62 provided in the repetition lever 6.

The repetition lever 6 provided in the repetition flange 55 of the whippen 5 so as to be rotatable by a pin 57 is threaded with a lever screw 63 at its front end so as to be movable up and down, and a lever button 64 is provided at the lower end thereof. As a contact. In addition, the rear end of the repetition lever 6 is formed with a slanted portion 65 at the top, and a lever skin 66 is provided. The inclined portion 65 of the repetition lever 6 is installed corresponding to the repetition screw 25 provided at the lower part of the hammer shank flange 24 provided on the hammer shank rail 21.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a hammer 1 which includes a hammer shank 11 and a hammer head 12. The hammer shank 11 includes a horizontal shank 11A and a vertical shank 11B. The vertical shank 11B is formed by being planted vertically with respect to the horizontal shank 11A.
The horizontal shank 11A has a pivotal support hole 11a at one end and a catcher 14 at the other end.
The vertical shank 11B is installed in a substantially vertical direction on the horizontal shank 11A at an appropriate distance from one end of the horizontal shank 11A or the pivot hole 11a.

The shank roller 13 is installed below the horizontal shank 11A at a position corresponding to a protrusion 72 described later. The position of the shank roller 13 may be the same position as the position of the shank roller provided on the hammer shank in the grand piano. Further, the configuration of the shank roller 13 can be the same as the shape and configuration normally used in a grand piano.

In order to increase the fixing strength between the horizontal shank 11A and the vertical shank 11B, it is recommended to install a reinforcing portion between the horizontal shank 11A and the vertical shank 11B. As the reinforcing portion, a housing 11C constructed between the horizontal shank 11A and the vertical shank 11B can be used. Of course, the reinforcing portion is not limited to the housing, and may be in a tubular shape, a plate shape, or the like. These horizontal shank 11A and vertical shank 11B can be made of an appropriate material such as a metal such as aluminum or iron, various plastics such as ABS, or various woods. Further, the horizontal shank 11A and the vertical shank 11B can be formed of a constituent material having a desired shape such as a rod, a tube, or a flat plate.

The configuration of the hammer shank 11 is such that the vertical shank 11B is planted with respect to the horizontal shank 11A provided with the shank roller 13 at the bottom, and the hammer head 12 on the vertical shank 11B is orthogonal to the string S stretched vertically. The purpose is to strike a string.

The other action X configuration of the hammer 1 can use the action of a conventionally known grand piano with some exceptions. These actions are described in detail in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2009-237138, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2011-158757, and the like.

In the above description, the action X is the same as that used in the grand piano. However, the action X is not limited to this, and the bat is pushed up by a jack provided in a conventionally known whippen and planted on the bat. Of course, it is also possible to use an action for an upright piano that strikes a string S stretched up and down by a standing hammer.

Hereinafter, the operation of the above-described damper device 9 when the key is pressed and when the key is released will be described.
At the time of key release shown in FIG. 1, the rear end of the keyboard 3 is inclined rearward, and the protruding portion 31 provided at the rear end is also lowered and separated from the damper lever 93.

For this reason, the damper head 95 installed at the tip of the damper wire 94 provided at the end of the damper lever 93 has the damper lever 93 with the pivot pin 92 as a fulcrum by the weight of the damper lever 93 and the damper wire 94 that supports the damper head 95. The weight is applied to the rear side, and the damper head 95 is rotated and stopped by the string S.

At this time, the keyboard 3 is not pushed up even in the action X, and the capstan 4 does not push the whippen 5. For this reason, the repetition lever 6 pivoted on the wippen 5 and the hammer 1 placed thereon are also stopped, and the hammer head 12 on the vertical shank 11B of the hammer 1 is also kept at a predetermined distance from the string S. .

When the performer presses the keyboard 3 from the above-described key release state, the rear portion of the keyboard 3 is rotated and raised via the hook 101. As the rear part of the keyboard 3 rises, the capstan 4 rises and pushes the whippen 5 through the upper part 31.
By this push-up, the wippen 5 rotates about the pin 52 as a fulcrum, and at the same time, the repetition lever 6 and the jack 7 pivotally supported by the wippen 5 are rotated.

Next, the repetition lever 6 pushes up the shank roller 13, and further, the protrusion 72 of the jack 7 pushes up the shank roller 13 by the rotation of the wippen 5. The protrusion 72 protrudes upward from the guide hole 62 of the repetition lever 6 and pushes up the shank roller 13, and the hammer 1 rotates about the pin 26 in the Y direction in FIG.

When jack 7 pushes up the shank roller 13 through the wippen 5 by the player's key depression, the hitting portion 71 of the jack 7 hits the regulating button 23 and the jack 7 turns around the pin 58 with respect to the wippen 5. The protrusion 72 is moved away from the shank roller 13.

The hammer 1 is inertia and rotates in a direction away from the action X and the keyboard 3, and the hammer head 12 hits the string S to generate a sound. At the same time, when the player presses the key, the protrusion 31 provided at the rear end of the keyboard 3 rises, and the rear end of the damper lever 93 pivotally supported by the damper flange 91 is pushed up. The damper lever 93 is pivoted. It rotates in the counter-arrow Z direction about 92. As a result of this rotation, the damper head 95 is rotated in the direction of the opposite arrow Z through the damper wire 94 to leave the string S, free the string S, and the musical sound before the hammer head 12 strikes the string S. It is assumed that it can occur. (Figure 2)

After that, when the key depression is completed and the keyboard 3 is released freely, the rear end of the keyboard 3 is lowered. Capstan 4 descends. At the same time, the lever 7 returns to its original position due to the load of the whippen 5, the repetition lever 6 and the hammer 1 and the urging force of the repetition spring 8 along with the repetition lever 6.

When the key is pressed, the catcher 14 provided on the side shank 11A hits the check 43, and the hammer shank 11 stops. At the same time, the repetition lever 6 is pushed back by the force of the repetition spring 8, and as a result, the protruding portion 72 of the jack 7 returns below the shank roller 13. Further, at the end of the key pressing, the next key can be hit without returning the entire keyboard 3, and the protruding portion 72 of the jack 7 can push up the shank roller 13 by the next key hit.

Even if the keyboard 3 does not completely return to the original position by these operations, it is possible to perform the next keystroke, to cope with high-speed fingering, and it is possible to dramatically improve the continuous hit performance. The hammer 1 rotated and reciprocated by this series of operations is stabilized by the catcher 14 provided at the front end thereof engaging with the check 43. At the same time, the damper head 95 also rotates and returns in the direction of the arrow Z due to its own weight, pressing the string S and preventing the generation of musical sounds.

According to the present invention, in the upright piano, the hammer operating mechanism and the damper operating mechanism are made independent by changing the configuration of performing the stringing operation by the hammer and the damper operation via the whippen in the conventional keystroke. Since the hammer operation is performed through the wippen by the keystroke and the damper operation is directly operated by the keystroke, the hammer can be moved in the left-right direction in the same manner as the grand piano operation. As a result, the hammer can be made an upright piano simply by changing the configuration of the hammer portion via the wippen by the operation of the keystroke, and it is possible to provide an upright piano that is extremely mass-productive and economically excellent.

X Action S String 1 Hammer 11 Hammer Shank 11A Horizontal Shank 11B Vertical Shank 11C Housing 11a Pivot Hole 12 Hammer Head 13 Shank Roller 14 Catcher 100 Shelf 101 101 2 Regulating Rail 21 Hammer Shank Rail 22 Whippen Rail 23 Regulating Button 24 Hammer Shank Frenzy 26 Pin 28 Damper Rail 3 Keyboard 31 Overhead 4 Capstan 43 Check 5 Wippen 51 Wippen Frenzy 52 Pin 53 Heel 54 Overhang 55 Repetition French 57 Pin 58 Pin 6 Repetition Lever 62 Guide Hole 63 Lever Screw 64 Lever button 65 Slanted part 66 Lever Emissions 7 jack 71 per 72 push-up rod 8 repetition spring 9 damper device 91 the damper flange 92 pivot pin 93 the damper lever 94 Damper wires 95 damper head 951 damper felt 96 erected portion 97 slant portion 98 brackets

Claims (5)

This is a damper device for upright pianos in which the damper head comes into contact with the string stretched vertically when the key is released to stop the sound, and the damper lever that supports the damper head is rotated by the key to move the damper head away from the string. The damper lever is pivotally supported on an immovable damper flange provided in front of the string, and a protruding portion is provided at the rear end of the keyboard, and the protruding portion is opposed to the lower portion of the damper lever. Upright piano damper device. One end of a damper lever integrally connected to the damper head is pivotally supported by a pivot pin on a stationary damper flange provided in front of the string, and disposed between the pivot pin and the string. 2. The damper device for an upright piano according to claim 1, wherein the damper head and the damper lever are urged in the contact direction against the string by the weight of the damper head and the damper lever. A damper wire having a damper head at the upper end is planted at the rear end of the damper lever, and the front end of the damper lever is pivotally supported by a stationary damper flange provided in front of the string. The damper device of the upright piano of Claim 1 or 2. While the damper lever is supported by a Japanese suspension arm so as to move the damper lever laterally, a damper head is provided integrally at the rear end of the damper lever directly or via a damper wire or not at the damper lever upright part, 3. The damper device for an upright piano according to claim 1, wherein a protruding upper portion is provided at a rear end portion of the keyboard, and the protruding upper portion is opposed to a rear end portion of the damper lever or a lower end portion of the damper lever upright portion. A damper lever having a damper head integrally connected to the upper end is pivotally supported by a pivot pin on a stationary damper flange provided in front of the string at the center thereof, and the weight of the damper head and damper lever. The damper device for an upright piano according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the damper head is urged against the string in a contact direction.

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