From AWestb2124@aol.com Tue Jul 10 12:23:48 2001
Subject:Re: Pedalboard

--- In CloneWheel@y..., Ron Alexander wrote:
>
> On Sat, 07 Jul 2001 03:23:07 -0000, jubaoffice@p... wrote;
>
> > Larry,
> > Thank you for bringing this topic up. For a LOOOONG time the
> > thought of all those 25 pedal claviers laying wasted (Hammond
> > and otherwise) has made me wonder how hard would it be to
> > make MIDI happen down below. Recently, on ePray, a
> > "drstrange" had a set of 13 pedals placed in a brutal looking
> > metal shell (with wheels it would win any Robo TV show). He
> > also was offering to build a great custom case for Low $$. Are
> > there any people (we know who you are) willing to give help?
> > Dr. Strange said he could do the job for $800 + $100 for the
> > case. My only fear, was that all the stubby little pedals
(spinet)
> > would be line-up in a straight row. Oh. B/C/A Hammond pedals
> > have been going for $100-300.
> > Bill
>

Hi Ron . This Mike W . Are you saying that all we have to do is get
a hammond pedalboard and ask Tom Sharf for those conponents and we
can build our own pedalboard. Wow thats fantastic!!!!!!!!!MikeW.
Somebody do it and share the building plans with us. : )P.S. Where
can we get a pedalconsolette?
> You can easily build your own 25 note MIDI pedals using a Hammond
pedal
> clavier, 25 magnetic reed switches, 25 diodes, and a MIDI Keyboard
Encoder
> from Tom Scarff at
http://tomscarff.tripod.com/key2midi/key2midi.htm.
> Cost for the encoder is $60. He'll even throw in the 1N4148 diodes
if you
> ask nicely.
>
> Thanks,
> Ron