From jamesewells@mindspring.com Wed Sep 20 10:41:48 2006
Subject:RE: Stand for positioning 2nd manual (e.g. Doepfer) beneath VK-8/CX-3/etc.

I've been watching for one on Ebay for the past few months with no success...

Jim Wells
Tallahassee, FL

At 12:57 PM 9/20/2006, you wrote:

> > [Original Message]
> > From: Hugh Birkenhead <mixsynth@gmail.com>
> > To: <CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com>
> > Date: 9/20/2006 9:51:09 AM
> > Subject: [CWSG] Stand for positioning 2nd manual (e.g. Doepfer) beneath
>VK-8/CX-3/etc.
> >
> > Hi again group,
> >
> > An original thought occurred to me: why spend half a year's pay on a
> > dual manual organ when I could just buy something like a Doepfer
> > waterfall controller and mount it just below my VK-8, exactly where
> > I'd expect the lower manual to be?
> >
> > I can easily buy the Doepfer controller and connect it up to the VK-8.
> > However, I don't think my stand, a QuikLok QL-641, is appropriate for
> > getting the two manuals close enough together.
> >
> > Even on the lowest setting, the top tier is still twice as high as it
> > should be. The only 'proper' way to bring it down any further is to
> > tilt it, which leaves the keybed at a horrible angle. While I could
> > always drill new holes in the 2nd tier's vertical shafts to allow them
> > to go further down, the keyboard supports themselves are pretty thick
> > and would put even more distance between the 2 manuals.
> >
> > So, my question is simple enough: are there any stands out there that
> > better suit this purpose, i.e. placing a Doepfer or other controller
> > directly below and in front of a single manual clonewheel, with as
> > little gap as possible between them?
>
>Could be time again for a discussion of the much sought after "Invisible
>Stand". They are not made anymore but put the upper and lower keyboards
>real close together. They come up on Ebay occasionally.
>Norm
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