[sdiy] Buy (bare) keyboard?

[Steve Moorby]

You got Fatar to reply!  My e-mails to them seem to go to /dev/null.  I
took it they weren't interested in selling to individuals or even
telling me who their distributors were.

On Sun, 2007-06-24 at 20:00 +0300, Edward King wrote:
> Fred,
> 
> Three possibilities:
> 
> 1) Build your own from scratch (hardwood keys, replica ivory overlays, 
> stainless steel or aluminium chassis and your choice of contacts / switches 
> / velocity, displacement and aftertouch sensing).
> 
> 2) Fatar keyboard mechanism (usually they come with bubble style contacts 
> and are available as synth type, semi-weighted and hammer action in 61, 76 
> and 88 key versions). They start at a couple of hundred quid and go up to 7 
> or 8 hundred (depending on options and shipping). Words to the wise though, 
> they seem to be quite slow to respond. I completed my order form several 
> weeks ago and Im still waiting :o/
> 
> 3) Buy a cheapy midi controller keyboard, strip off the casing and remove 
> any superfluous kit, even replacing the contacts if necessary.
> 
> Personally, Ive gone both routes 1 and 2. Option 1 took quite a significant 
> time and man-hour investment to get the mechanism right (Ive gone for hammer 
> action with velocity, displacement and aftertouch sensing) and Ive still 
> only "finished" 2 octaves. If youve got time, I would recommend this option 
> though because the opportunities for "tweaking" are greater than a ready 
> made unit despite the fact that the fatar units are really, really good.
> 
> EK
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Fred Weed" <fredw at lmi.net>
> To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 3:23 AM
> Subject: [sdiy] Buy (bare) keyboard?
> 
> 
> > Is it still possible to buy a bare keyboard (ie Pratt-Reed) with simple 
> > wire
> > contacts for do-it-yourselfers?  Are any surplus ones around?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
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