[sdiy] Where to buy keybed ?

[Richie Burnett]

Thanks for the link Tom, I'll give them a call in the week.  I did think about buying a cheap Yamaha/Casio home keyboard second hand off eBay just for the keybed but vaguely recall reading someones's advice against that somewhere!

Out of interest does anyone know what range of transit times are likely for a typical Fatar velocity sensitive keybed? Just trying to work out how often I'd have to poll it in software to get decent velocity resolution.

-Richie,

> I also bought a cheap Yamaha FM-chip based 61-note home keyboard for £20, thinking to take the keybed out of it (velocity sensitive). In the end, I gave it away to someone else who needed it more than I did. But they're a source too.
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
> On 23 Jan 2016, at 16:35, Jack Jackson <jackdamery at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > Nice link Tom! If you don't mind second hand stuff you can sometimes find keybeds from parted out home organs on eBay. I got a couple of 80s Farfisa keybeds this way.
> > 
> > It's a little sad for the home organ enthusiasts, but they're currently worth peanuts second hand. Often just given away. I do wonder if they will pick up value down the road at any point.
> > 
> > Best Regards,
> > Jack
> > 
> > Sent from my iPhone
> > 
> >> On 23 Jan 2016, at 16:30, Tom Wiltshire <tom at electricdruid.net> wrote:
> >> 
> >> These people used to have them. I don't know if they still do. Their shop seems a bit depleted.
> >> 
> >> http://www.keyparts.co.uk/shop?page=shop.browse&category_id=8
> >> 
> >> Probably worth a phone call though.
> >> 
> >> 
> >>> On 23 Jan 2016, at 15:03, Richie Burnett <rburnett at richieburnett.co.uk> wrote:
> >>> 
> >>> Hi all,
> >>> 
> >>> Can someone recommend where I could purchase a 5 octave keybed if I wanted to play about with making a synthesiser from scratch?
> >>> 
> >>> I've got a JX-3P here that I could part out for the keyboard, and sell the other bits on ebay, but it seems a bit brutal to trash a working vintage synth.  Would rather sell the 3P in one piece and use the money to buy a new keyboard to play about with.
> >>> 
> >>> Would be nice if it had normally-open and normally-closed contacts to support velocity sensing, if I wanted to implement that in future.  Just wanted for one-off experimentation, so not worried about price and bulk availability.
> >>> 
> >>> -Richie, 
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