[sdiy] Minimoog Keyboard Interface

[Graham Atkins]

On 24 May 2010, at 01:51, Dave Manley wrote:

> My 2 cents: there are a lot of Pratt-Reed keyboards in old busted  
> Arp Omni and other old synths of that ilk, that can often be picked  
> up for a very low price on ebay.  The switches on these might not be  
> exactly like the Mini's original keyboard but it will probably be  
> easier to adapt one of these then the keyboard from a modern synth.
>
> At one point I asked an ebay seller if he'd just send the keyboard  
> and not the whole synth with case, power supply, etc.  He agreed.   
> Makes shipping easier and cheaper.
>
> -Dave

Bear in mind nearly all Pratt Read keyboards will need a mechanical  
strip down and the bushes replacing unless they have been done  
recently. Did the mini have J-wire type contact blocks ?.

Kimber Allen still make them in the UK :-

http://www.kimberallen.8m.net/index.html

The contacts can be seen half way down here on the LH side :-

http://www.kimberallen.8m.net/photo.html

Graham