Topic: Making the PianoBar work with a Rhodes 73

Return to Archives of Moog Music

Casino Classic
Best Online Casino!
Get $500 free on the house!		Weight Loss Supplements
Natural supplements that burn body fat,
suppress appetite and support a healthy diet.		Shared Movies
Over 80 Million Movies and TV-Shows
No Charge per movie, No download limit!		Antidepressant Medications
Handle stress, elevate the mood,
treat anxiety disorders.
Posted at October 11, 2003, 4:24 pm:

Hi,

Hope nobody minds me posting a topic as I am not (yet) an owner of the PianoBar. But I think this might be an interesting topic if we share some ideas and opinions.

I use the Rhodes consistently and often find myself in musical situations where layering the instrument with an additional synth would be necessary.

I first considered the MIDI-retrofit from MIDI9 (ex-Gulbransen). The problem with that device is that it has to be mounted underneath the keyboard action. But since I use two MarkIs (one in the studio and one on the road) I'd have to retrofit both of them. Too much work (and money).

Here's my idea I'd like to share:
The PianoBar is built for 88 keys. Well: on each side of the cheekblocks of the Rhodes, you have a little part of the casing running along. If one would cut away that little part of casing with a saw, you should be able to place the PianoBar over the keys.
Now: In order to ignore strange information that comes from remaining "non-existent keys", you'd simply have to limit the keyboard range on the synth module (possible on most modern modules in multimode) and finally add some transposition to make the pitches match.

What do you think? Could this work?

(Or is there a way to saw off some of the PianoBar ?)

...Or -last but not least- will there be a 73 key-edition of the PianoBar someday? There'd sure be a market for it!

discuss.

regards,
tim

Original of the message was taken from http://www.moogmusic.com/forum/

Replies:

We'd be very interested in hearing from Rhodes users who are intereste...

I am interested so count me in as a 'potential customer' if a 73 key v...

-+Count me in, too.

I'd be VERY interested too in a 73-key "rhodes" version -well, "intere...

Tim has a valid concern re: the Moog Piano Bar position conflicting w...

Don't forget about the 64 note Wurlitzer version as well.

I too have a rhodes 73 and feel squeamish about sawing the end cheeks.

-+I think you'll find you've miscounted your piano keys.

"We'd be very interested in hearing from Rhodes users who are interest...

Rhodes pianos are very cool, but I do not own one.

-+I like that idea, yeah.

Heres a crazy idea for you Mr Adams.

great loops and music much more http://www.

I have a 54 key rhodes which I would love to midi up

Other Topics of Moog Music:

Mono's VS effects pedals

Trust Your Ears

Moog Piano-Bar and Yamaha CP80

"Little Phatty" to be renamed "Orbiter"

Crooked Display (brand new out of the box)

Announcing Phatsound: Home of the Little Phatty

ring mod manual

Etherwave power supply problems

a filtered cosmos of possibilities

Bizzarre touchpad problem

reactions to theremins

Anyone going to the UK Sounds Expo tomorrow (11/3/06)?

Differences in Moog Source

Got me a moog prodigy!!

Little Phatty on TV

Source prices falling?

Planning on getting Rack MMV....Need advise

Frostwave and Moogerfooger: two great tastes that go great..

Voyager, what to do?

Future of Moog Music?

Texas Repairmen?

electronic musically disabled PLEASE HELP!

Source Question

Rackmounting MFs

prodigy wanted!!!

MoogerFooger power supply.

Stretching the user area

The official MG-1 thread

Side panels

New VCO/VCA MoogerFooger?

Voyager Rack - Help!

Real panel Param. not working?

Some help with Jan Hammer-style sounds

Need technical help with my Broken Moog Prodigy

Got my MuRF, now what??

File Sharing Service  Image Sharing Service  Usenet Newsgroups Reader
Guide to Serials and Shows  English Subtitles For DivX Movies  Lyrics Catalogue
Over 5000 Cocktail Recipes  Hot News Archive  Funny Jokes and Anecdotes
Cooking Recipes Catalogue  Cool Online Encyclopedia  Computer Games Cheats
Pets Department  Spam Free Guestbook Service  Medical Catalogue


Free Web Stats