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Introducing Doug Hall, keyboard builder

keyboard builder

New member
Hello all. I found this forum by searching for curved keyboards. What I've found seems like a great place to bounce a few ideas around. I am building an ergonomic keyboard, the likes of which you may never have seen before. Please feel free to visit my Facebook profile until I have uploaded more photos here. I think you will appreciate the pipe organ building applications, as this keyboard of mine is basically reverse engineered from a 1950's Mohler pipe organ console. The pedals which have a few interesting additions are a 1920's unmarked, probably Mohler pedalboard which matches but predates the ergonomic standard set by the AGO. There are 481 keys on three levels, (four manuals) and a xylophone that will be a precisely pitched instrument and a MIDI controller. I will add my facebook profile link.
Go keys cut.jpgto Photos/Albums/The Keyboard Project. I am anxious to hear from some professionals in the field what they think of my pedal modifications. Thanks!renderscan.jpg
 
teddy

teddy

Duckmeister
Hello Doug and welcome here. You have certainly hit the ground running. I find your work fascinating

teddy
 
Corno Dolce

Corno Dolce

Admiral Honkenwheezenpooferspieler
Aha, The Air Force Academy Chapel Organ - I forget if its a Holtkamp or a Moller instrument...
 
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