From tyrvaine@hytti.uku.fi Mon Aug 26 06:51:11 2002
Subject:Re: Analog tonewheels are back!

--- In CloneWheel@y..., "Dan S" wrote:
> It's $4200 for a single 44 note manual w/17 note bass. 61 note
> single manual is $4700, 61 notes w/25 note bass is $5700, double
> 44 note manual w/17 note bass is $8000, double 61 notes w/25
> note bass is $9000.
>
> Which raises a question - I thought there were just ninety
> something (96?) tonewheels in a B and everything came from that,
> foldback and all. I understand the expense of 44 notes vs. 61
> notes, even the bass tones being extra, but single vs. dual
> manuals at double the cost - wouldn't you get that "for free"
> w/the existing tonewheels? There's a mixing circuit for each
> manual but aside from that, what am I missing?

Well - I was a bit confused by the prices also... It shouldn't be too
hard a task to make some more MIDI controlled digital switches as the
17 missing keyboard "switches" in addition to the 44 present. (There
are pretty many this kind of projects in the net also.) I'd suspect
that the tone generator is the same in all the models (wouldn't make
any sense to do it otherwise). I think also that the "extra features"
are a bit overpriced. With those prices I'd go for the original B-3/B-
2/C-3/C-2/A-100/BV/CV instead. You'd expect to see some of them
around with that price tag. Leslie included.