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Re: Ribbon Controller

2007-11-19 by kent_spong

Yes thats the impression I got from Yamaha UK

--- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, Richard Atkinson <rga24@...> 
wrote:
>
> Kent, does Yamaha really still have the facilities to make IG 
chips? These 
> were made on very, very old machines using very old fashioned 
process 
> techniques.
> 
> Possibly they have a stock of unbonded dies / wafers they simply 
need to 
> package up.
> 
> 
> On Nov 19 2007, kent_spong wrote:
> 
> >Yes, £40 GBP
> >yes, I can ship to the states
> >yes, they are easy to fit.
> >yes, they are a direct replacment.
> >yes, they still have the same functionality and you do not have 
to 
> >reajust anything on the BA board.
> >
> >As for VCO's
> >
> >Yamaha Japan are listening at last. I am putting together a list 
of 
> >people who want to buy full sets of the final rock steady issue 
> >IG00153. Once I get enough people signed up they will do a run of 
> >them. I got Yamaha UK as go between, but I need more guy's on the 
> >list.
> >
> >--- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, "billwolfer" <bill.wolfer@> 
> >wrote:
> >>
> >> Kent, in my browser that came out as ?40. Are we talking pounds,
> >> dollars or euros? Can you ship to the states? How hard are they 
to 
> >put
> >> into place? Do they still have the same functionality in that 
you 
> >can
> >> start anywhere on the ribbon, moving left is exponential, right 
is
> >> linear? lots of questions. one more: how are you fixed for 
> >oscillator
> >> chips?
> >> 
> >> Bill
> >> 
> >> --- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, "kent_spong" <kent_spong@> 
> >wrote:
> >> >
> >> > I'm sorry guy's. I thought I already posted this message 
before.
> >> > 
> >> > I have a batch of brand new ribbon controller springs that me 
> >and 
> >> > RLMusic had specially made that I fit into all the KSR80 
Level 
> >3's.   
> >> > They are not cheap I'm afraid as the manufacturing costs was 
> >really 
> >> > high.
> >> > They work out at about �40 each.
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>

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