[sdiy] Ebay keybaord and analog computer

[Ken Stone]

Yes, waterfall refers to the gentle radius at the front egge of the key,
followed by the vertical front. Most organ keys overhang, this actually
being preferred as it allows the upper keyboard to overhang the lower,
moving the keys closer to the player. They keyboard in question looks like
it is from a Lowrey organ. remove the black metal strip at the front, and
the keys go everywhere :)

Ken

>Waterfall keyboard IIRC refers tot he closed end of the key.  Many keyboards
>have keys that are slant back on the underside (most synths).  Many organ
>keyboards (look at Hammond As, Bs, and Cs have these keys with the close
>front (straight up and down).  That is called a waterfall key as I
>understand it.
>
>This one looks somewhat like it was removed from a spinet organ of some
>nature.
>Larry H
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>[mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl]On Behalf Of Tim Parkhurst
>Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 6:42 PM
>To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>Subject: [sdiy] Ebay keybaord and analog computer
>
>
>Hi All,
>
>A couple of interesting goodies found on Ebay;
>
>What looks to be a fairly nice keyboard (just what exactly is a "waterfall"
>keyboard?)
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1289&item=7311219621&
>rd=1
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