[sdiy] Buy (bare) keyboard?

[dj hohum]

I just wanted to emphasize, however, that this is almost always untrue
with organ mechanisms. Unfortunately, they may do not have the added
rail for velocity sensitivity.

On 6/26/07, Edward King <edwardcking2001 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> In my original design (some 10-15 years ago), I was going to use the ones
> from Maplin electronics. Then they disappeared, so I was going to rip apart
> a commercial midi controlelr keyboard.
> Then it dawned on me that using an existing keyboard mechanism and putting
> my own electronics in wouldnt be a bad idea, so I went on a shopping spree
> and bought a few secondhand keyboards.
>
> Regrettably, not one of them was suitable. The usual issues were that -
> being proprietary devices - the manufacturers had used up all available
> space in the machines and used manufacturing techniques that prohibit
> re-using the mechanism.
>
> Eventually I worked out that the only ones suitable were the more expensive
> ones, making it impractical to approach the problem this way.
>
> Having said that, I didnt try every machine on the market, just 4 or 5 and I
> know that others on this list have reported some degree of success by
> re-using existing keyboards. If it were me, I would shell out the few
> hundred quid and get a fatar keyboard mechanism. Expensive maybe, but its a
> great starting point and certainly worth the investment.
>
> EK
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "BR" <phonotron at yahoo.com>
> To: "Edward King" <edwardcking2001 at yahoo.co.uk>; "Steve Moorby"
> <steve.moorby at ntlworld.com>; <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 7:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Buy (bare) keyboard?
>
>
> >
> > This brings to mind a question Ive had.  I was
> > planning on just taking a toy piano's keyboard and
> > re-wiring it to whatever synth I end up making (havent
> > made one yet).  Has anyone tried this?  would it work?
> >
> >
> >
> >
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