[sdiy] EMS synthi-AKS connector help requested

[RMC]

Hello

The two synthi-AKS synthesisers that I have don't have the umbilical 
connector that goes between the keyboard and the main body.  I want to make 
up the cables myself - whilst Robin Wood at EMS Ltd. does have them in 
stock, they're quite expensive at £33 each (that's about US$63 per cable).

I have tried to identify the connectors - I think the connectors are Cinch 
Jones series 300 - body pattern is 308 so the plug becomes P-308 and the 
socket is S-308.

The connectors themselves are rectangular, about 32mm x 18mm and are 8 pins. 
Four pins are vertical, the other four are horizontal; the following URL 
shows the associated PDF 
http://www.cinchuk.co.uk/products/pdf/Jones_PDF_Catalog1148360345.pdf - take 
a look at
page  2-37ff for full info.

The bad news is that the 8 pin variety doesn't have an associated Cinch part 
number, suggesting to me that they're no longer produced.  However, I am 
hoping to find some in stock at a distributor in Chicago, USA.

Questions therefore are:

1) If I find some in Chicago, can anyone help me buy them please, if the 
company won't take credit card? I could ask you to buy them for me and post 
them in return for a Paypal payment, for example.

2) Even better - does anyone know a stockist or alternative supplier or 
manufacturer, or does anyone have 2 plus and 2 sockets they don't need?

I can buy them from EMS if all else fails but I would like to explore other 
avenues first.Thanks!

RMC, England