[sdiy] Rubber key contacts in Synth-DIY?

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In a message dated 12/24/04 10:18:39 AM, mclilith at charter.net writes:

<< I've also had the idea to carve up two of them, chain them end-to-end, and
create a MIDI master keyboard with 128 keys, to cover the full MIDI note
range. Has anyone done something like this already?   :) >>

Yes, they have.  Look up the 1953 film "The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.", 
starring Tommy Rettig (later of TV's Lassie, even later of Hollywood drug rehab), a 
VERY slimy Hans Conreid as the evil Doctor T., with a script and soundtrack 
written by none other than Dr. Suess.  How Dr. T. got past MIDI's 127-note 
limitation, we may never know, alas.

Michael "Green Eggs and Ham" Bacich

P.S. -- I'm still waiting for the sequel, "The 5,000 Gold Chains of Mr. T."