[sdiy] keyboard questions

[Theo]

Roland, Kawai, Ensonic (poly after-touch) and others also make their own
keyboards.
But indeed most American and European companies seem to buy from Fatar.
Just got their catalog, lots of different models.
The majority  seems intended for "classical" electronic instruments.

Later
Theo


From: Simon Gatrall <gatrall at pacbell.net>

> >At 06:11 PM 3/14/02 , thescum at surfree.com wrote:
> >
> >  >I hate to say it, but Fatar are one of the few companies making
keyboards
> >  >today.  Off the top of my head, Yamaha also makes their own.  My
> >  >understanding is that the two of them own the patents needed to make
> >keyboards.
> >
> >I hope that you aren't claiming that only two companies in the world
> >manufacture all the musical keyboards, because that is not the case. I'm
> >curious as to what you meant exactly.
>
> He's refering to the keyboard mechanisms themselves, not the keybaord
> and the music making circuitry.  Indeed, Fatar makes a huge number of
> the keyboards in the world.  Just like Alps, Keytronic and a few
> other companies control the QWERTY keyboard business.
>
> Fatar is an OEM (original equipment manufacturer) for the music
> industry in addition to making organs.
>
> -s!mon