[sdiy] A productive Synth-DIY weekend

[patchell]

    I had a pretty darn good DIY weekend for a change...

    Painted and lettered another panel.

    Plus, I got a lot of work done on the Fatar keyboard I am messing
with.  I am fixing it up to replace the keyboard in my old Paia 8700
keyboard (never did like the one that it came with).  I cut it down to 3
octaves, from 5.  The most difficult part was trying to decipher how to
get the key tops off.  Turns out it is very simple, but I broke two
before I figured it out.  Next step is to figure out how to cut the
board with the switches on it.  That might prove interesting.

    I also need to figure out if I can get a mating connector to the one
on the board.  It is a strange connector.  The pins are 0.1" spaced, two
rows, but, they are stagered by 0.05".  I can always kluge something,
but it would be nice to find the real connector.  Mouser or Digikey
don't seem to list anything that looks like a match.  Bet one of our
European members know who makes this.

--
 -Jim
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