[sdiy] Injustice put to good use

[Oren Leavitt]

Ian Smith wrote:
> So I was purging my room of unnecessary  clutter and glanced across the street to spy a pile of mangled boards and a power supply. Being the curious person I am I went over to look. I found that the neighbors across the street had butchered an '80s Yamaha electric organ. I stood there and fumed about "How could the uncultured morons do such a thing to an instrument?" for a few minutes and then calmed down, went back inside and grabbed a screwdriver.
> 
> I scored:
> 2 3.5 octave keyboards
> 1 1 octave pedal board
> 1 swell pedal
> 1 9 inch dual spring reverb tank
> 1 power supply of unknown output (for now at least)
> 3 circuit boards chock full of old chips
> a shitload of wire.
> 
> two of the keys on one of the keyboards are broken and need to be replaced and one of the pedals is in need of a bit of repair. A small price to pay for that haul.
> 
> -Ian
>  		 	   		  

Don't let the enthusiasts at the Electone forum find out about the carnage.
I used to have a YC-25 in red back in the '80s.
http://www.electone.com/museum/index.html?i=227
http://www.electone.com/museum/focus.html?i=227&g=1

Let's just say you "refreshed" your clutter :-)
With a little imagination you might have a base for an interesting DIY 
polysynth.

- Oren