I bought a Polymoog Keyboard!

Kevin Lightner · Post by **Kevin Lightner** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 12:51 am

I know, some may consider it sacreligious. But everybody that sees it in person loves the idea.

I love the idea too. I wonder where you got such an idea?

Boeing 737-400 · Post by **Boeing 737-400** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 3:29 am

MC wrote:Yes, the speakeasy legs fit both rhodes and polymoog. They are quite rugged legs, worth the price.

I chopped the speakeasy legs (wore out a blade on each leg, they're TOUGH steel) to make my Polymoog a coffeetable. I know, some may consider it sacreligious. But everybody that sees it in person loves the idea.

Are they the legs near the bottom of this page?

The pic on http://www.dubsounds.com/pm_history7.htm seems quite funny too.

OysterRock · Post by **OysterRock** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 11:01 am

Boeing 737-400 wrote: Are they the legs near the bottom of this page?

Yes.

Boeing 737-400 · Post by **Boeing 737-400** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 11:12 am

Might have to invest in them. Are the leg mounts necessary for the Polymoog though?

OysterRock · Post by **OysterRock** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 11:14 am

I don't think so, not unless they have been removed.

Boeing 737-400 · Post by **Boeing 737-400** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 11:15 am

Because I thought the mounts were too expensive when compared to the legs of the same price!

OysterRock · Post by **OysterRock** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 12:33 pm

Well, the whole point of using the Rhodes legs at all is that the threading on the screw-in legs is the same on both Rhodes and Polymoog. Therefore, I assume the mounts are already on or even built in to the Polymoog.

Can we get a little help here for someone who owns one?

Kevin Lightner · Post by **Kevin Lightner** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 11:52 pm

The Polymoog comes with two cast pieces of metal with two threaded holes each.
These are fastened to the bottom of the unit using the nylon capped feet as bolts to hold them in. The legs screw into these.
Without these two mounts, there is nowhere to screw in the legs.
No mounts- no legs.

Hope that answers your question.

MC · Post by MC » Sat Sep 24, 2005 12:25 pm

Kevin Lightner wrote:
I know, some may consider it sacreligious. But everybody that sees it in person loves the idea.
I love the idea too. I wonder where you got such an idea?

Heh

For the uninitiated, Kevin has a friend who made his Polymoog into a coffeetable, took the top off, and put a pinball machine glass top on it so you see the circuits (impressive sight). So Kevin gets due credit for that bright idea

OysterRock · Post by **OysterRock** » Sat Sep 24, 2005 12:56 pm

So Boeing, are you going to post some samples on your website? I would love to hear it, but I can't seem to find any good samples online.

this_poison · Post by **this_poison** » Sat Sep 24, 2005 5:02 pm

Yeah, please post samples.

Despite having owned a Polymoog for years, I've never heard one playing faultlessly outside commercial recordings!

I can feel a coffee table coming on soon!

Unless I find a UK repairer soon.............

Boeing 737-400 · Post by **Boeing 737-400** » Sat Sep 24, 2005 5:19 pm

Yeah I intend to record a few samples.

This is the closest I can get to Vox Humana on my Prophet-5:

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OysterRock · Post by **OysterRock** » Sat Sep 24, 2005 5:28 pm

Very nice

this_poison · Post by **this_poison** » Sat Sep 24, 2005 6:00 pm

I don't like the scenery, and I don't like the set.....

but thats pretty close, and well programmed.

I've got an A6 preset I wish I could claim called...

Poly New Man (no litigation there for sure!) which is even better - I think it was in the original banks.

But.....I still look to the Polymoog in the corner whenever I play that A6 preset. Sure you'll do the same when your Polymoog breaks down!

tunedLow · Post by **tunedLow** » Sat Sep 24, 2005 7:58 pm

Your pro-5 sounds beautiful. I encourage you to make more music on it, I don't care if it's good or bad, I just love hearing the thing. I willget one of those one day...