Vintage Synth Repair

Try the link
http://www.allen-heath.com/UK/companyinfo.asp
which give the history of Allen-Heath, and there is also a link on 
thaat page to their old products.

--- In vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com, "pigeonbreath" 
<tbnast@...> wrote:
>
> FWIW, I replaced the broken J-wires in the Prophet 5 keyboard with
> 0.38mm guitar wire(D'Addario PL015, to be specific).  Silver solder
> was used.  Seems strong enough.
> 
> A white-face Odyssey came in last week for a keyboard overhaul.  The
> keyboard module was made by the same outfit as the Prophet's (Allen 
&
> Heath), but seven years earlier.  It is amazing how much better
> quality the earlier design is!  I don't know if Allen & Heath had
> cheaped out over the years, or if SCI simply wouldn't pay for better
> quality -- but I'd sure be interested.  If there is a link to a
> history of Allen & Heath, and the various versions of their keyboard
> modules, it would make interesting reading.  The extant Allen & 
Heath
> is a British company that makes mixers, http://www.allen-
heath.com/. 
> Their website gives no corporate history.  Did the old keyboard
> modules come out of Britain, or is this a different company?
> 
> Th.B. Nast
> Seattle
>