1974 Model D restoration- Rosen Sound?

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1974 Model D restoration- Rosen Sound?

Post by willspence » Mon Jul 27, 2020 5:31 pm

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.

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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.

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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?
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Re: 1974 Model D restoration- Rosen Sound?

Post by ummagumma » Sat Aug 01, 2020 4:37 pm

where are you located? US? Europe?

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Re: 1974 Model D restoration- Rosen Sound?

Post by willspence » Sun Aug 02, 2020 8:58 pm

Monterey, CA

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Re: 1974 Model D restoration- Rosen Sound?

Post by Markyboard » Mon Aug 03, 2020 9:13 pm

Have you received any feedback thus far?

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Re: 1974 Model D restoration- Rosen Sound?

Post by ummagumma » Sat Aug 15, 2020 9:17 pm

willspence wrote: Sun Aug 02, 2020 8:58 pm Monterey, CA
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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Re: 1974 Model D restoration- Rosen Sound?

Post by kendallhalbert » Wed Aug 19, 2020 3:37 pm

Original Model D, Taurus 1, Source, Minitaur, Voyager RME, One 16 voice

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Re: 1974 Model D restoration- Rosen Sound?

Post by ummagumma » Sat Aug 29, 2020 6:39 am

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

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