Looks like they did a great job to me. Back in the late '70ās half the keyboard players i knew in the Atlanta area were chopping their Dās. Now those were some butcher jobs! I think most were done with a regular hack saw. In the 80ās you could go in used music stores and sometimes youād see a pile of 2 or 3 chopped Mini Dās. I remember digging around trying to figure which parts went together. Most of you on this forum probably donāt remember, but there was a time, at least in my area, when you couldnāt give one away. I have four Dās now and fortunately i was never inclined to strap one on!
I would be glad to accept one in the event that you decided to give one away. lol
Id even accept just a rackmount version!
Eric
A rackmount Dā¦thatās a first. 
EricK, it seems that your ship has come in, as thatās exactly whatās for sale on E-bay. I donāt think itās worth the asking price, but whatever. Someoneāll buy it, Iām sure. 
Actually in the mid to late 80ās Studio electronics used to take model D and place the electronics on a rack mount case, add midi and a few other modifications.
In the 70ās several people cut the keyboard away to use as a strap on remote. I think for the Works tour Keith Emerson had just the keyboard to the left of the C3 and the panel under the Modularās rack. the keyboard from the Mini would slide out when he needed to do a bass line.
it was kind of a tongue and cheek title, the person who did the modification did a great job. I can definately understand the want for it, specially if you already have a full D or if the keyboard was just that skrewed up that they had to amputate. But I still cringe a little anytime i see vintage gear chopped up
understand
Like Brian G said, a company called Studio Electronics did just this. Took Model D boards and put them inside a 4HE rack unit. They also added MIDI (with velocity and aftertouch), an LFO and Oscillator Sync (and took away CV and S-Trig). The first models were called MidiMoog, later ones were MidiMinis.
I have one of these MidiMinis, all original Model D VCF and VCA boards, VCO board is SEās copy (see pic, not mine) of Model D VCO boards (I donāt know which revision).
- CM
Fwiw, I visited Studio Electronics back when they worked out of their garage.
Along one entire wall were Mini carcasses piled up on each other.
Then I didnāt think much of it, but it would be quite a sight for people today.
The early units SE made used three original Model D boards, not two.
The PSU board, the VCF and VCO board.
The env/keyboard interface board was replaced with one of their own and this board also contained the MIDI circuitry.
Later they made their own VCO boards.
One thing thatās different between these SE units and stock Minis: the glide.
On the original Mini, itās a linear glide.
The longer the interval, the longer the glide takes to complete.
It ātravelsā at a constant rate.
On the SEs, itās more of an Arp/Oberheim type.
Approximately the same amount of glide time is provided regardless of the interval.
To me anyways, the Miniās glide is a huge part of its sound (at least on patches with glide on), so Iām not a complete fan of them.
Iāve seen many in for general service though and actually have the fairly rare calibration docs for the SE MIDI board itself.
Gary Wright touted his chopped Mini for years. I understand that the cabling between Gary with the strapped on keyboard and the control head was a REAL bear.
Check it out:
Pop trivia question who is the other Keyboadist with a strap on Mini ?.. no fair scrolling down
No doubt. I too, would rather have a proper model D, but alas I really couldnāt afford one and managed to get a reasonable deal on the MidiMini. I got a Model D sound (sans that sexy portamento) and I also got Midi, an extra LFO, oscillator sync, aftertouch and velocity sensitive VCA and VCF.
But yes, Iād still trade my MidiMini for a real Mini in a heartbeat But not for this eBay chop-job.
The early units SE made used three original Model D boards, not two.
The PSU board, the VCF and VCO board.
The env/keyboard interface board was replaced with one of their own and this board also contained the MIDI circuitry.
Later they made their own VCO boards.
And later on, if their clients didnāt have an old Mini to spare, theyād even build the whole thing from the ground up 
I donāt need a mini strap-on.. 
- CM
I didnāt look at the video, but Iād guess either a young Steve Porcaro or maybe Casey Young.
Kevin is correct a young Steve P
KL can see YouTube videos without watching them. Like Chuck Norris.
The case was done by http://synthwood.com/ They do really good work and are nice folks too! I talked to them at the Pacific Northwest Synth Meet a couple months ago. Check out their Cocobolo MiniMoog case with the lighted pitch wheels! 
Thatās gotta be the most expensive Mini ever! And the most beautiful.
Except for the laquer finish it would match perfectly with a Voyager of the same wood type.
Jees thats a beauty.
DOes it qualify as a Moogasm if you just look at it?
Eric
thats BRUTIFUL
Looks nice!
I tried Synthwood- never again.
Waited months for a Pro-one case.
Finally arrived and didnāt fit.
I wrote to them and nothing.
Stephan āSynthwoodā Jones never replied and even months later after returning the case, he still wonāt provide my client a refund.
George Mattson, his wood worker, did reply and admitted he made a mistake on the word.
Very honorable.
But not a word to me or my client from Stephan.
What really bugs me though is that I showed Stephan how I did lit wheels.
He replied that heād love to develop the same and would send me out his own wheels immediately for me to, in his words āget a head start and make some money.ā
Weeks past and no wheels arrived.
Finally, George wrote me to show off the wonderful lit wheels Stephan asked HIM to design.
Again, never a word from Stephan when asked why.
So while I understand others have had good experiences, Iāve not seen a shred of decent business practices out of Stephan yet.
My experience. Yours may vary.