Jon May Posted September 20, 2022 Posted September 20, 2022 Could a B3 owner measure up for me please? Need the vertical distance between the tops of the white keys. Thanks!😘 "I'm well acquainted with the touch of a velvet hand..."
skipeb3 Posted September 20, 2022 Posted September 20, 2022 From the top of the white keys on the lower manual to the top of the white keys on the upper manual, my trusty tape measure says 2 1/2 inches. 1
Jon May Posted September 21, 2022 Author Posted September 21, 2022 Thanks Mate! Terrifically similar to the one other reading I received from a FB group... 2 9/16" The closest I can get with 2 clones is about 4" "I'm well acquainted with the touch of a velvet hand..."
zeronyne Posted September 22, 2022 Posted September 22, 2022 On 9/21/2022 at 12:18 AM, Jon May said: Thanks Mate! Terrifically similar to the one other reading I received from a FB group... 2 9/16" The closest I can get with 2 clones is about 4" Please let me know how you eventually resolve this. I’m considering buying a dual manual keyboard, but not for organ sounds…I just like them from an ergonomic perspective. "For instance" is not proof.Â
kenheeter Posted September 22, 2022 Posted September 22, 2022 FWIW my Mojo 61 with its lower manual measures just under 3" keytop to keytop.
skipeb3 Posted September 23, 2022 Posted September 23, 2022 Zeronyne... what dual manual keyboard - not for organ - are you considering? Pretty much all dual manual boards out there - that I can think of - are organ based. Just curious...
skipeb3 Posted September 23, 2022 Posted September 23, 2022 Right... still curious. A two manual controller would be interesting...
AnotherScott Posted September 23, 2022 Posted September 23, 2022 11 hours ago, skipeb3 said: Right... still curious. A two manual controller would be interesting... Not currently available, but...  https://www.musiciansfriend.com/keyboards-midi/orla-jamkey-controller  https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/DMC122--gsi-dmc-122-dual-manual-keyboard-controller   On 9/21/2022 at 1:18 AM, Jon May said: The closest I can get with 2 clones is about 4"  the Vox Continental is 3.39" high, so a stack of those would get you down to that. Less if you could remove the top knobs on the one you're using as the lower, effectively making it less than 3.39" high. As a bonus, the keys feel great.  Maybe this is the best place for a shameless plug! Our now not-so-new new video at https://youtu.be/3ZRC3b4p4EI is a 40 minute adaptation of T. S. Eliot's "Prufrock" - check it out! And hopefully I'll have something new here this year. ;-)
Delaware Dave Posted September 23, 2022 Posted September 23, 2022 .  57 Hammond B3; 69 Hammond L100P; 68 Leslie 122; Kurzweil Forte7 & PC3; M-Audio Code 61; Voce V5+; Neo Vent; EV ELX112P; GSI Gemini & Burn Delaware Dave Exit93band Â
skipeb3 Posted September 23, 2022 Posted September 23, 2022 Orla JamKey? That's pretty wild. Anybody know the story with this?
Delaware Dave Posted September 23, 2022 Posted September 23, 2022 15 minutes ago, skipeb3 said: Orla JamKey? That's pretty wild. Anybody know the story with this?  When it first was introduced, $2500. 57 pounds, no support, no parts, no longer available new, company may have gone belly up, not sure. Also, this was the initial prototype, the actual unit was E to E, not F to F on lower keybed. Great idea, terrible execution. Can occasionally be found used on places like reverb.com 57 Hammond B3; 69 Hammond L100P; 68 Leslie 122; Kurzweil Forte7 & PC3; M-Audio Code 61; Voce V5+; Neo Vent; EV ELX112P; GSI Gemini & Burn Delaware Dave Exit93band Â
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