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I rather liked the "remake" of the Ondes Martenot on the Analogue
Systems site that Les Mizzell mentioned a week ago. It has a keyboard
and a ring just in front of the keys, into which you would slide a thumb
or finger. Really pricey, but looks interesting. URL is below for anyone
who missed the post.

The Tom Polk designs are also interesting, especially the prospect of a
kit version for about $200. This seems quite inexpensive, considering
the materials involved. I rather doubt it can be offered at this price.

Scott

http://www.analoguesystems.co.uk/Reviews/fconnection_review.htm

"J. Larry Hendry" wrote:
> 
> Dave, I can say without reservation I would buy one of these if you made it.
> It could be offered two ways. One with just the pots so you hook it to one
> or two 850s and off you go and also another with the all the electronics
> inside that has CV out for pitch and volume and gate.  I would be happy to
> do the "electronics" part.  I really like the Tom Polk designs with the
> keyboard overlays that can be replaced.
> 
> The 1/2 circle thing on the Carlos page was interesting, and probably easier
> mechanically to build.  However, I like the flat surface idea better.  One
> of the things I liked about it was the volume lever on the side instead of a
> knob to turn.  I think the spring return idea was pretty cool.  I would want
> a way to over-ride the return to zero.  And something maybe a little better
> than a rubber band for the spring return
> 
> Oh, and the hand on the slide ought to have the ability to tap gates with
> one of the loose fingers.
> 
> Crazy Larry
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dave Hylander <david@...>
> To: J. Larry Hendry <jlarryh@...>; Sikorsky
> <vulture.squadron@...>
> Cc: MOTM List <motm@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 5:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [motm] another friday afternoon hairbrain scheme
> 
> Sound like you've been having a fun afternoon, while I've battling a Cognex
> vison inspection system for clear plastics.  I've been thinking about using
> a 6 inch or so linear pot for something like this.  Probably more money
> than most would want to spend, but I can take one from work to play with.
> 
> Hint taken Larry:)
> 
> At 10:46 AM 4/5/2002 -0600, J. Larry Hendry wrote:
> >Clearly, the challenges are in the smooth slide operation of the arm that
> >controls the pot, and to design the mechanics to produce a linear keyboard.
> >What really appealed to me about this idea is that one could have multiple
> >keyboards or indicating devices with various scales printed and swap them
> at
> >will.  Since the controller is continuous, the number of different tunings
> >is limited only by your imagination of drawing the appropriate stop points
> >for your slide pointer to point at.  We need someone good with wood (hint,
> >hint DH) to design and build these for us.
> 
> -dave-
> 
> http://www.hylander.com
> 
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