Comments on: Prepare The Piano! With a synthesizer?

By: Joel Horwitz

Joel Horwitz — Sat, 17 Oct 2020 17:41:27 +0000

What a wonderful memory. I had one when I was about 15 (63 now). This was before any small portable keyboards were invented. I had the idea of finding a functional set of keys( I think I got from the Magnus organ company) and putting the two-together to create the first(that I had seen) small keyboard. The only thing I have left is the pedal! Thanks for the memories……

By: david

david — Sun, 02 Jun 2019 21:59:05 +0000

In reply to Blai. still for sale?

By: Blai

Blai — Thu, 22 Dec 2016 23:00:55 +0000

Hello, I am selling a pianomate too.
I am from Spain

By: Mats Gustafsson’s Piano Mating - Monofesto

Mats Gustafsson’s Piano Mating - Monofesto — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 05:09:23 +0000

[…] Records to create an album with an instrument he had never recorded with, Gustafsson uncovered a Dubreq Piano Mate, one of the more obscure devices in the synthesizer family, to create this two-track, 35 minute […]

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 11 May 2016 05:33:35 +0000

ArnoldB,

hi. i would be very interested in buying your Pianomate. please contact me if u are ready.

thanks

dan.rstine@gmail.com

By: Tim McNalley

Tim McNalley — Thu, 05 May 2016 06:34:25 +0000

In reply to ArnoldB.

I could be interested…

Do the E and Eb just not make noise?

By: ArnoldB

ArnoldB — Tue, 03 May 2016 13:31:11 +0000

Hello! I was fascinated to read the Pianomate article & following comments. I bought a Pianomate in the late 1970s to add some much-needed variety to my piano, e.bass & drums recordings. It was a great addition, and I made good use of it until 1981, when I bought a Casio keboard. Since then, it’s been in the attic… But I fetched it out y’day and set it up. It still works OK, except for the Eb and E in the second-lowest octave. Also, the top A, Ab and B are a bit flat. I would gladly sell it for a nominal sum. Is anyone interested? Or can anyone advise how I might go about it? Thanks!

By: The Flying Dutchman

The Flying Dutchman — Sat, 24 Oct 2015 15:14:49 +0000

One of my clients brought one in just the other day. He picked it up some time ago at a flea market in London. It works but the sensor array needs a bit of attention.

I must say I was quite amazed. I knew similar contraptions existed, but I’d never once seen one in my 30 year techie career.

By: JD Bradshaw

JD Bradshaw — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 22:19:10 +0000

I have one that works but it didnt come with all of the footswitches and good stuff that fits in their holder behind the amplifier……I will be willing to sell it as is

By: Paul J

Paul J — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 05:27:02 +0000

I just scored a whole raft of organ stuff today, as that was my quest since our local 90 year old organ company is going out of business. Sadly they broke down TWO Wurlitzer Sidemans!! I paid $10 for a NOS Wurlitzer rotosonic in it’s reddish looking walnut cab ( paid $5 for one years ago!), Got a PIANOMATE for $10 NOS too! (BTW NOS= new old stock in case you didn’t know). Paid $50 for a Jensen horn- RP-201 and $20 for a Jensen V-21 driver! Also got a very sophisticated organ add-on key percussion unit ( the thing that allows the striking of the note to have a pronounced attack (aka Hammond B3 percussion). This one is one I have never seen before, it has about 10 tubes ( mostly 6 pin and a few 9 pin) and several screw adjustments on the back. The tabs mount under the edge of organ and there are 5-6 tabs for ATTACK, CUTOFF [decay],REPEAT, [rate adj. on back of chassis), and something called– BACK GROUND. Also picked up several LESLIE DEMO KITS, which are the way the salesman demos many organ through one Leslie via a 1/4″ plug. The boxes have the same selector slide tabs too for FAST/CHORAL< and one is labeled 'reverse…something (forget). Anyway one is for a 700-710, and the other is for a model 130.