zukskywalker Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 I’m in for it now. Found a reface yc motherboard. And picked up a bottom half of a reface shell that I hope to marry to the underside of a reface cp. I use the reface as a module and don’t need the control/key surfaces. Wish me luck please. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoken6 Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 You're trying to build a combined YC plus CP plus two undersides minus two keyboard = piano/organ module? Cheers, Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zukskywalker Posted March 7, 2023 Author Share Posted March 7, 2023 Keeping the cp keys and controls. The idea is for it to appear to be an unmolested reface cp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zukskywalker Posted March 10, 2023 Author Share Posted March 10, 2023 Hmmm…the yc and the cp main boards are from the same family and are tiny enough that I might be able to stack them in the stock cp case, marry it to the backplane…maybe do a little shielding…and done?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjd Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 I love these kinds of projects. Good luck! Even though the mainboard is small, Yamaha doesn't leave much extra space. I thought the PSS-A50 had gobs of space, in comparison. Then reality crashed in. 🙂 I wonder if it's possible to make a strip of plastic that sits between the top and bottom tray -- kind of a filler. The end result would be "tall" Reface with the same desktop footprint. That kind of mod would open a lot of interior space. Just a wild idea -- pj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zukskywalker Posted March 13, 2023 Author Share Posted March 13, 2023 Hmmm…the yc and the cp main boards are from the same family and are tiny enough that I might be able to stack them in the stock cp case, marry it to the backplane…maybe do a little shielding…and done?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zukskywalker Posted March 13, 2023 Author Share Posted March 13, 2023 I very much like the idea of a slightly taller reface by way of a “spacer” between the half shells. This appears to have turned into another KC group project, Yay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zukskywalker Posted March 15, 2023 Author Share Posted March 15, 2023 Could this be a Reface CK predecessor? (The new yammi CK appears to basically be a cp/yc combo in 61 and 88 key configs.😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Burgess Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Love these DIY things! Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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