Re: how to make keyboards look more cool

[Monica <coolintensity@yahoo.com>]

On a related note, I have an old Farfisa professional keyboard - 2 tiered -

that I got very old and used and which looked very bad but played great and also came

with its own soundbox the owner had made. I solved its aesthetic problems by covering

the entire exterior with purple da-glo fake fur.

Monica

Alex Stahl <alex@pixar.com> wrote:

> Coincidentally, one of the big manufacturers of vinyl cutters is... 
> Roland. Last i checked there were far more Roland vinyl cutters than 
> guitar synths on eBay, let alone digital harpsichords.
>
>
> On Feb 1, 2005, at 4:37 PM, thetoyroom@comcast.net wrote:
>
> > I might suggest you go to a sign/banner shop that specializes in 
> > 'vinyl cutting'. They use a plotter with a blade head to essentially 
> > 'cut out' graphics on sheets of roll vinyl.
> >
> > Usually, these type of shops have a good selection of vinyl, in a wide 
> > array of colors, and they would probably sell you a section of vinyl 
> > sheet in your choice of color. They even make roll vinyl in 
> > 'temporary' tack adhesive, for graphics that are intended to be 
> > removed.
> >
> > Then you can cut out small pieces, apply them to the keys, and use an 
> >
>  x-acto blade or razor blade to clean up the edges. If you want to get 
> > really trick, you can make an outline of the exact shape of the keys 
> > in a drawing program like Corel Draw, Adobe Illustrator, or Macromedia 
> > Freehand, export the file as an .EPS file, and take that file to the 
> > graphics shop. They can import it into their software, 'plot' the 
> > shape, cut the vinyl, and then you are just removing the vinyl and 
> > applying it right to the keys, in the exact shape...just like putting 
> > on a bumper sticker.
> >
> > hope that helps,
> >
> > rich
> >
> >
> >> I have an idea for you,
> >> 4 years I bought a Roland digital harpsichord
> >> http://www.8thstreet.com/prod.asp?pid=9056
> >> As you can see it's got black keys that are very cool and what appears
> >> to be white "accidentals". When I picked it up I discovered the white
> >> keys were actually a horribly
>  uncool light grey. So, I went to the
> >> hardware store and bought some white vinyl adhesive tape. I very
> >> carefully stretched the vinyl tape over the top surface of each ugly
> >> grey key and trimmed any excess off the sides with an Xacto knife. 
> >> They
> >> still look great, haven't slipped, and since the tape is vinyl are 
> >> easy
> >> to clean. Maybe you can get some black vinyl tape and cover the 
> >> surface
> >> of the white keys so every key is...none more black...voila, death 
> >> metal
> >> killboard!
> >
> >

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