The Mellotron Group

Korg have improved the keyboard on the new Microkorg XL.  The key spacing is a little better.  (black / white key proportion).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82hI7HUwgTM

Clay


--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Mark Pring <markpringnz@...> wrote:
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> Thanks Mike, Jon and Frank,
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> It sounds good but I would be a bit concerned about the small keys, I've not been playing that long and my piano teacher has just spent a year getting me to stop looking at the keys. Any thoughts about the R3? It isn't much bigger but it's quite a lot more expensive and doesn't run on batteries  but would sit quite nicely on top of the tron.
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> --- On Sat, 3/28/09, Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@...> wrote:
> From: Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@...>
> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Off topic Roll up pianos
> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Saturday, March 28, 2009, 7:01 AM
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> Seconded. It's all over the second Systems Theory album 'Codetalkers' .Riverrun
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> See: http://www.mikedick son.org.uk/ codetalkers/ index.html 
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> The sound is also enormously big for such a small instrument. It almost
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> run on batteries or a A/C adapter and with a set of headphones, you can
> play it anywhere. It fits in carry on luggage and is loads of fun to
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>   In a message dated 3/26/2009 11:04:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight
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>   I am off overseas for a couple of months away from my beloved
> tron, piano and Korg midi keyboard, I will have no access to any
> keyboard for a couple of months and the Korg is too big to fit in my
> backpack and might be an awkward shape for hand luggage. I have seen
> roll up pianos advertised and read one review anybody tried one?
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