[sdiy] where to get a Pratt and Reed keyboard

[John Loffink]

Try looking for old organ keyboards.  Some of them are Pratt & Reed 
keyboards.

John Loffink




Graham Atkins wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> Pratt Read stopped making their keyboards years ago, they still exist 
> as a
> company.....making screwdrivers !. I don't know where Korg/Roland/Yamaha
> source their keyboards but I guess the far east. The only keyboards 
> you can
> buy are from the Italian manufacturer Fatar. They don't deal directly 
> with the
> public (I think someone on the list tried a while back) but Doepfer do 
> sell them
> on their website. Other than that you have a choice of getting an old 
> Pratt Read
> (Note : "Read" not "Reed") keyboard which will probably mean a full 
> rebuild, new
> bushes etc OR buy a cheap porta keyboard and scrap it to use the 
> mechanism.
>
> Graham
>
> On 5 Jun 2010, at 23:53, David Ingebretsen wrote:
>
>> For my Synthasystem resurrection, I'd like to build a Steiner 
>> keyboard, too.
>> I've tried ebay and an internet search, but ma turning up nada with 
>> regard
>> to a Pratt and Reed type keyboard. I'd love 5 octaves. I just need a 
>> single
>> buss type action where I can solder resistors between the keys.
>>
>> Any suggestions? Can I buy an old cheap synth with one in it? If so, 
>> what do
>> I want? Are they hard to re-build? Does anyone make a new one?
>>
>> David
>>
>
>