Cheap (free) console

[davidecasteel]

Anyone interested in a free solid wood console for building an electronic instrument might look into this 2-manual item.</P>


http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group...s/message/1253</P>


David</P>

[Vercus]

Re: Cheap (free) console



How much would it take to make this viable for a MIDI organ? (Besides pedals of course)</p>

-Jon</p>

[arie v]

Re: Cheap (free) console



Jon,</p>

I'm not sure I would consider the Schober console a good candidate for going the MIDI route. Besides getting a console shell, pedalboard, and bench really not much can be used. All the keyboard switches would need to go, keyboards would be garbage by now, stop rail useless, and retro-fitting the pedalboard is a hassle.</p>

I would suggest that you be on the lookout for an old Allen console (old MOS 1 or 2 or even TC series), Rodgers organs from the 60s or 70s. These can now be gotten rather cheap.</p>

Better yet, a late model analog Rodgers, as they already have some MIDI implementation on them.</p>

Most other old stuff, is just not worth the effort of working on, as the quality of the mechanics of the console was questionable.</p>

Just my thoughts..............</p>

AV</p>

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[Vercus]

Re: Cheap (free) console



AV,</p>

Cool, thanks for the advice. Makes sense.
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-Jon</p>