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Fun Stuff => BAND => Topic started by: tuna ketchup x on 09 Sep 2008, 11:55
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Hey, so long as there's people showing off their mad guitar collections, why not a keyboard thread? I'd extend this to any sort of piano-based instrument including pianos, keyboards, organs, keytars, melodicas... hell even accordions.
I'll start:
1. Magnus 15-key Electric Chord Organ, don't know date but has to be from the seventies or earlier. I got this for $5 at a yard sale, I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be a toy. It was broken when I turned it on (organ keys stuck) but I took it apart and cleaned it out and now it works mostly okay, though when you depress the keys they tend to stay depressed until you manually click them back up. I really love playing around with this thing. It sounds like a church organ and when several of the keys are depressed there's a real wall of sound. I love this thing.
2. Casio SA-75 Starter Keyboard -- It's cheap, it's small, I can hold it in one hand. I haven't played this as much as I thought I would (it was a replacement for a full-scale, professional keyboard that I sold to my mom so she could give it to my sister who never plays anymore anyway), the keys are really tiny, even for a girl's hands. I think it's mostly for kids. I will be trading up soon.
3. Hohner 32-key Student Melodica, I bought this after seeing a band that incorporated the melodica, it's pretty awesome to play though I can't sing while I play it. Love the accordion-type sound. Love pulling it out to play around people who've never seen one before. Keys are full-sized even though it's a "student" model.
Unlike the guitar/bass, at which I am still basic/intermediate in skill, I took piano lessons when I was a kid so am pretty good at banging out tunes when I want to. I'd like to get a better, larger chord organ someday as I am having a lot of fun with my little play one and it would give my music that lo-fi gothic Americana edge.
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(1) A Broadwood grand piano of 1893;
(2) A Kawai MP9500 (http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/Feb03/articles/kawaimp9500.asp) stage piano (this has a full 88-note weighted keyboard; I got it to use during the two years it took to repair the grand - see below). I also use this as a MIDI keyboard for playing organ and harpsichord samples using a program called Hauptwerk.
The Broadwood was attacked by an arsonist in 1993, suffering major damage to the veneer (now restored), but thankfully none to the mechanisms (the organ in the picture was not mine):
(http://cassland.org/images/piano.jpg)
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one:
(http://bp3.blogger.com/_FMBJEkaC8Lw/R-8DzVL92RI/AAAAAAAARSQ/rhn9yrFkARU/s400/100_8050.jpg)
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I don't gig anymore, but I do have one of these:
(http://www.synthmuseum.com/sequ/seqpro501a.jpg)
Recently refurbished and plays great. I also have an old acoustic.
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four: a yamaha something four foot long baby grand, a yamaha clavinova from the early 90's, a yamaha electric organ (electone F-45), and my favorite, a casio VL-1 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio_VL-1).
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a big yamaha digital piano
used to have a microkorg but it got stolen
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Casio.
My aunt has this Yamaha organ she keeps telling me she will let me have but I haven't yet gotten someone to take it from her house to mine.
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I have a Casio CZ-1000 which actually sounds pretty good, in a very cheesy 80's synth way, and an upright acoustic piano.
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I currently got three, and I'm saving up for an Oasys.
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2. Casio SA-75 Starter Keyboard -- It's cheap, it's small, I can hold it in one hand. I haven't played this as much as I thought I would (it was a replacement for a full-scale, professional keyboard that I sold to my mom so she could give it to my sister who never plays anymore anyway), the keys are really tiny, even for a girl's hands. I think it's mostly for kids. I will be trading up soon.
That is pretty much where I am at. I have one of these bad boys from when I was just a wee little child:
(http://www.famusic.com.ar/marcos/imagenes/00teclados/01%20casio%20ml-2%20magical%20light.jpg)
I am looking to buy a better one, though. Like not a toy. Maybe when I get my refund check from financial aid...
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Some cheap Yamaha thing I bought at Best Buy for like $100. Has MIDI, and accompaniment. Cheesy, but fun to toy around with.
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I've got a converted pianola, a small indian-style harmonium, and a yamaha portasound I found on the street.
I love my harmonium the most. I'll take a photo of it when I get home; I love that instrument like a child.
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I don't gig anymore, but I do have one of these:
SNIP SEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS PROPHET-5
Recently refurbished and plays great. I also have an old acoustic.
Holy crap man that is sexy as shit
Don't take this the wrong way, but I have got a boner for your keyboard
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Melodicas are rockin'. There's one floating around my house, it's pretty much impossible to make it sound bad.
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Not enough!
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I don't gig anymore, but I do have one of these:
SNIP SEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS PROPHET-5
Recently refurbished and plays great. I also have an old acoustic.
Holy crap man that is sexy as shit
Don't take this the wrong way, but I have got a boner for your keyboard
Yeah, back in the 80's, this was the keyboard to have. There wasn't any decent digital yet, so killer analog was the way to go. Nowadays, you push a button and get a nice sound, but can't do anything with it if it's not quite what you want. That's what knobs are for!
I went to get a case for it last weekend, told the guy in the keyboard department that I needed something that could hold a Prophet 5 and his immediate response was "A Prophet 5? Give it to me!" We ended up going over to Customer Service to special order a case big enough, and the guy at Customer Service goes "A Prophet 5? You lookin' to sell it?" It was pretty funny. It is definitely boner-inspiring.
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I love my harmonium the most. I'll take a photo of it when I get home; I love that instrument like a child.
Harmoniums are totally sweet. Fun fact: there is a ban on harmonium solos on Indian radio stations due to its "western influence."
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One; a Korg MicroKorg.
I can't play for shit, but it's fun to have just to mess around with. Despite not knowing how to play keyboard in the least, I'm still capable of coming up with a few cool things every now and then.