Korg DW8000, Mono/Poly, MS-20...

I think the DSS-1 also has the same keybed.  Those can often be found
for very cheap esp. ones with a broken disk drive ($50 or less) and they
come up on eBay all the time, not as rare as DS-8. Those keybeds were
made by Panasonic (for Korg), they are a little on the 'noisy' side when
the key springs back in the note-off position, but the action is pretty
good.


--- In DW8000@yahoogroups.com, Mark B <Bugsi@...> wrote:
>
> A Korg DS-8 has the same keys as the DW8000.
> But the DS-8 is much rarer than the DW8000. Still, if you find a dead
DS-8,
> you'll be in business for parts.
> -Mark
>
>
> Joeri Peeters wrote:
>
> > Thank you Chris for the info!
> >
> > So I don't have to bid on a cheap DW6000 on ebay.
> >
> > Joeri
> >
> >
> > 2006/3/9, Chris Strellis synthasy2000@...:
> >>
> >> --- In DW8000@yahoogroups.com, "rover75driver" joeri.peeters@
wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I know that the dw6000 isn't touch sensitive or has aftertouch but
I
> >>> wonder if the plastic keys from the dw6000 can be placed in the
dw6000.
> >>>
> >> I've just resurrected a dead DW8000 this (UK) lunch time - (a blown
> >> 7805 regulator for the digital side FWIW). I also modified a DW6000
> >> recently and cleaned the keyboard contacts as well taking off all
the
> >> keys.
> >>
> >> The DW8000 has a very different keyboard - different as can be from
a
> >> DW6000.
> >>
> >> The 8000 has velocity and after touch and lead weights in the keys.
> >> The 6000 has neither. They fix to the key bed frame differently and
> >> have different springs. The 6000 is more conventional as it were
with
> >> a coil spring at the end of the key. The 8000 has a U shaped metal
> >> strip under the key for the spring.
> >>
> >> So in answer to your question - No - Sorry :S
> >>
> >> Chris
>