Hi!
I need a replacement key (A) for my Minimoog (SN95xx), preferably in the EU.
If you have one for sale or know of a place in the EU that sells them please let me know.
Cheers!
WTB: Minimoog Model D replacement 'A key'
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the art of noise
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Re: WTB: Minimoog Model D replacement 'A key'
Those keysets were made by Pratt-Read (long out of business) and were used in many American synths and organs. You might be able to find an old organ in a repair shop to scavenge for parts.
https://661.org/minimoog/notes/notes01_keyboards.html
Some repair shops have surplus keycaps, you'd have to look around.
http://sounddoctorin.com/synthtec/parts/key.htm
Some things like ARP Omni's are only worth their value in parts, as there are so many parts that fail due to age that the cost of restoration is far more than the Omni is worth, especially for a machine that does little more than strings. Fifteen years ago I landed an ARP Omni that had been stored in a damp basement for twenty years and it quickly reached the point of diminishing returns - besides the usual aged parts, the wood components had completely rotted and there was enough rust on the metal components that I had no faith in the metal leads on every single electronic component. I scavenged what I could - including the keycaps - but I no longer have any of the parts from that machine.
Sometimes a Pratt-Read assembly pops up on eBay, usually scavenged from an organ. For those assemblies, only the keycaps are useable in a synth because the circuit board for the contacts is not adaptable for synthesizers.
https://661.org/minimoog/notes/notes01_keyboards.html
Some repair shops have surplus keycaps, you'd have to look around.
http://sounddoctorin.com/synthtec/parts/key.htm
Some things like ARP Omni's are only worth their value in parts, as there are so many parts that fail due to age that the cost of restoration is far more than the Omni is worth, especially for a machine that does little more than strings. Fifteen years ago I landed an ARP Omni that had been stored in a damp basement for twenty years and it quickly reached the point of diminishing returns - besides the usual aged parts, the wood components had completely rotted and there was enough rust on the metal components that I had no faith in the metal leads on every single electronic component. I scavenged what I could - including the keycaps - but I no longer have any of the parts from that machine.
Sometimes a Pratt-Read assembly pops up on eBay, usually scavenged from an organ. For those assemblies, only the keycaps are useable in a synth because the circuit board for the contacts is not adaptable for synthesizers.
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Re: WTB: Minimoog Model D replacement 'A key'
Yupthe art of noise wrote:Is this the correct key?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pratt-Read-A- ... 1547440532?
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