[sdiy] Ensoniq patent, was: distance meter for keyboard, was: Where to get special white keys?

[Ian Fritz]

At 07:27 PM 3/1/2009, Kyle Stephens wrote:

>Well, I was looking into just this sort of thing some time back, for a 
>velocity sensitivity retrofit of a keyboard without such (the Ensoniq 
>patent was suggested to me too, though I hadn't any luck either finding 
>it). I found some comparable prices, on linear sensors, not just switches, 
>somewhere, hm.

They're less common.  Last time I needed some, I got free samples from 
Allegro:
http://www.allegromicro.com/en/Products/Categories/Sensors/linear.asp
Dunno about a kbds worth though. :-)