It's time to do my single-owner (me) Model D justice. Serial #3649, I bought it in Houston in 1974. Played it on gigs 5-6 nights a week up until the mid 90's, mostly for left-hand Bass.
Around 1980 I 'split' it, by making a custom cable and replacing the connectors for the control panel. That way I could put my Prophet-5 on top of the MM kybd, and have the MM control panel to my left.
For bass, I didn't like having F be the low key, so I re-arranged the keytops to have C as the lowest key, and just retuned to match. Check out what happened to the top octave from doing that...
Back in '06, I was trying to get my original one restored, but Kevin Lightner was just winding down, and no one else seemed adequate. I ended up buying a Model D, #5431 that had been nicely restored by Kevin, and still have that in my studio.
I came across Rosen Sound, thinking about having them do the restore. Any feedback?
1974 Model D restoration- Rosen Sound?
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where are you located? US? Europe?
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Monterey, CA
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Have you received any feedback thus far?
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well you're right in the heart of an area where there should be lots of synth resources
I have heard good things about these guys, but I believe they are in Texas?
https://syntaur.com/
oops corrected. their youtube handle is "synthwizards" but that domain is something else. SYNTAUR is their name
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Original Model D, Taurus 1, Source, Minitaur, Voyager RME, One 16 voice
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also this fellow is in san diego, fond him via some very good youtube videos
https://synthchaser.com/
youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcDzJK ... BvYynxDUcQ
https://synthchaser.com/
youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcDzJK ... BvYynxDUcQ