Re: Spring loaded pedals

[Bill Monk <billmonk@mac.com>]

>A continuous controller pedal that has a spring-loaded 
>return-to-center action, similar to the pitch wheel on a keyboard 
>controller.

For years Yamaha made a pedal almost like this - may still do. It was 
their standard rubber covered contuinuous controller pedal that began 
shipping with all their later-DX7-era stuff.

Besides having an adjustment for overal tilt (so that heel-down would be 
at a comfortable angle whether sitting or standing) there was adjustable 
toe-down spring loading that could be set to any point you wanted. 

Pedal travel was normal up to that point; at that spot there was a "feel 
stop" so it was easy to kick the pedals to the preset point, but easy to 
push on through it too when you wanted more. Releasing the pedal would 
snap it back to the set point. I still have several and love the spring 
loaded feature. 

Not exactly what you wanted, but half of it anyway...

Dunno if Yamaha still makes them or something like them, but the old ones 
were really well made and well thought-out, even had a cable storage bay 
molded into the underside of the treadle. Coil up the cable, put it in 
there, and then the plug snapped across the coil into a couple of rubber 
prongs and it all stayed safe inside and came out untangled.