[sdiy] where to buy keyboards?

[Dave Magnuson]

There were 4 or 5 free organs in my local Craigslist the last time I 
looked... and I live in a rural area... so there's not exactly a ton of 
people around here.   Hopefully there's a freebie near you!

Dave Magnuson


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Neil Johnson" <neil.johnson97 at ntlworld.com>
To: "synth DIY" <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>; "Ian Smith" 
<taciturn_unquiet at hotmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] where to buy keyboards?


> Hi Ian,
>
> Have a look on eBay for home organs.  They often go for very little, 
> mainly because they're large and not hugely popular.  But you'll get  one 
> or two keyboard with contacts, plus lots of other things if  you're into 
> recycling.
> They occasionally come up on Freecycle too.
>
> Neil
>
> On 14 Aug 2008, at 22:24, jvastine wrote:
>
>> Hi Ian,
>>
>> I agree with you on the outrageous shipping costs on ebay. I've  been 
>> looking for a reasonably priced keyboard myself and am  considering just 
>> building my own from scratch. I'm sure that there  are several on this 
>> list that provide ideas for what to incorporate  in the latter and any 
>> input would be welcome. Anyway, did you try  searching for fatar or look 
>> on either the Doepfer.de or Fatar.com?  I seem to recall having seen 
>> replacement keys offered somewhere.
>>
>> Hope this helps!
>>
>> jvastine
>>
>> ---- Ian Smith <taciturn_unquiet at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> Is there a place that sells just the keys on their rack without the  rest 
>> of the keyboard? This could just be a really stupid question,  but my 
>> Google-fu is not strong today and I can't come up with  anything and the 
>> shipping on broken keyboards on ebay is rediculous.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ian
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