From rockkey@sbcglobal.net Mon Aug 03 14:26:12 2009
Subject:Re: Midi Hammond Pedals

For me, it's more of "it would be nice to have" as opposed to "really want" or "really NEED" so I'm not what you'd call a motivated buyer and I'll admit I'm prone to "bottom fishing".

That being said, a kit to me would be a PCB either assembled or kit and maybe some connectors and possibly switches but I, myself don't need switches. Plans for the construction of the housing would be nice, but I'd build the cabinet/housing from scratch.

Basically all I want is a bare pcb(s) and parts. I really don't NEED the parts as most DIYers either have a stock of common parts but if you're sourcing the parts you may get a better price so it's often a wash when it comes to parts. Plans and schematics should be included but written step by step instructions are probably not necessary but if included, I'd read 'em if I had 'em.

Would you sell it like that? How much would you charge for that?

Maybe you should take a straw poll?

Cheers,
Rock

--- In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, Mike Hutchison wrote:
>
> A kit is an interesting idea. However, most of the work in my prototype
> involved fabricating the parts, not actual assembly. And for version 2.0,
> that balance would swing even more, based on some ideas I've since had.
> Plus, the assembled 'thing' would fit into a box roughly 6"x8"x43". A kit
> might be able to knock that down to 3x8x43, but it's going to weight the
> same either way, so I don't see a substantial, if any, savings in shipping
> cost.
>
> As far as I know, the following alternatives are available:
> 1) One of the more well known hammond shops will (or did) let you ship them
> a pedal contact unit and they will 'midify' it for you. I belive they charge
> just under $800. The upside: your organ has midi. The downside, without
> additional work, it's not portable.
> 2) You can purchase Hammond's or Roland's product. $2100 for the Hammond and
> $2500 for the Roland.
>
> Unless I am mistaken, that's it. The next closest product would be a 17-note
> short-pedal board in the $1300 range.
>
> The nice thing about a stand-alone midi-contact box is, if you already have
> an organ, you can play full pedals at a gig without having to bring your
> whole organ OR store a humongous set of midi pedals when not in use. Plus,
> you are using YOUR same pedals all the time, so you are used to the
> feel/response etc.
>
> I'd think this would probably sell pretty well in the $600 range, given the
> alternatives. Perhaps $450 for a kit. What do you think?
>
> On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 11:10 AM, rrockkey wrote:
>