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I have my next restoration project for the winter. My cottage neighbours brought me into their house this summer to show me what they had acquired from friends. Coolness is that they acquired. A Wurlitzer 200A Electric piano (1970’s). It’s in rough shape at the moment. It’s been sitting in a shed for who knows…
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There’s such a cool history behind this story, I think I should start with that. A.N. Shaw Organ company resided in Burlington, ON for many years. The business and phone numbers still show up on the web but the last time I tried to contact them, it didn’t appear as though they were in business…
I was in Washington, D.C. visiting my cousin and her husband. Her husband and I went to his band practice to hack around. During practice, I noticed a familiar set of keys lurking under a pile of old newspapers on the floor. I pulled it out to find a Yamaha SK15. I’d been looking for…
My friend Ken Baird had a Yamaha CS10 sitting around forever collecting dust, mostly because the audio output was wrecked and several keys were broken. It worked alright, but was in sad shape. Thankfully the sliders, pots and keys all still worked as they were supposed to. The biggest problem… The broken keys! Where to…
My friend Ken Baird has had this wonderful Sequential Circuits Pro 1 keyboard for many years, and over time, the rubber stops underneath the keys aged, hardened, and in some cases, came off. The result for the keyboard was it had uneven keys, making it a little awkward to play, and it also clicked a…
Interesting story behind this restoration. My friend Dave Carswell had a friend from college days that was also into music and bands. Dave had an Arp Axxe that wound up with a power problem. He gave it to his friend, they lost touch, and that was that. We were talking about the keyboard not long…
The year was 2009. The Watch, an awesome progressive rock band from Italy, was coming to Hamilton Place in Hamilton, ON, Canada to perform. Due to instrument logistical issues (cost of freight, european power supplies, etc. etc. etc) they had asked for help obtaining gear locally for the show. “We need a Hammond L-100 organ.”…
I’ve collected toy synthesizers and toy wood pianos over the years, and occasionally brought them to gigs to use as solo instruments, but for the most part they lived in a drawer in my studio, making an appearance now and then to be used. I always wanted to put them all together, using a common…
I recently obtained the hard to find Yamaha BP-2 bass pedals for my Yamaha SK50D and decided it was time to shoot a video showing the various pedals I used with the SK50D. Believe it or not, there are a few more pedal inputs on the back of the keyboard I’m not even using. It’s…
This instructional video is the 3rd in the series and covers the Solo Synthesizer section of the Yamaha SK50D synthesizer. While shooting the video, I realized the easiest way to show you some of the capabilities was just to play around. Enjoy!