Hey Lennart - you gotta look also on the keyboard support, like I found the
one in my Solton Arranger Plus to be a Fatar only because it's written on
the side of that support structure ;-)
BTW: good luck re-connecting your studio! Let's hear some music afterwards!
F.
https://soundcloud.com/bonnyfused
Am Fr., 26. Feb. 2021 um 12:06 Uhr schrieb Lennart Regebro <
regebro@xxxxxxxxx>:
Oh, I'm opening up my OSCar in a few weeks, once I'm done connecting
up my studio again, so I don't think you need to open the Wasp.
I'm going to check if it really does say Fatar inside as I remember
(or if I dreamed) but I didn't see any model number so I don't think
there is one anyway.
On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 9:36 PM codemechanic <codemechanic@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
wrote:
I have a Wasp Deluxe I can open up. Before I do that though, are we
sure the keyboard used for the OSCar is the same one that was used in
the EDP Wasp Deluxe?
-Ben
On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 6:22 AM Boniforti Flavio <boniforti.f@xxxxxxxxx>
them to help Syntaur to get Fatar keyboards but I never heard back from
Thanks for the additional info, Lennart.
You're right not expecting any reply from Fatar - I reached out to
them :-/
offices...Maybe I should try to pull some levers in Italy to reach up to Fatar
regebro@xxxxxxxxx>:
F.
https://soundcloud.com/bonnyfused
Am Do., 25. Feb. 2021 um 15:05 Uhr schrieb Lennart Regebro <
boniforti.f@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I found some more info:
Vintage Synth parts have gotten replacement keys for OSCar, they call
this keyboard "Style 14U".
https://www.vintagesynthparts.com/oxford-synthesizer-company/
Syntaur calls them K14U: https://syntaur.com/keys.php?key=K14U
The same keys was used by Siel and Crumar in some models.
Sounddoctorin claims it's an early Fatar model.
https://sounddoctorin.com/synthtec/parts/key.htm
It seems pretty clear that they were replaced with the keyboards that
Syntaur calls "39" and "41" (almost the same) that mainly differed
from "14" in that they had different springs. But somehow it's
impossible to find out what Fatar calls those models as well...
I have emailed Fatar, but do not expect an answer. But clearly, if
anyone need replacement keys, waiting until some of the above sources
have them is the key (hurhur).
On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 1:46 PM Boniforti Flavio <
with the OSCar and was a close friend to Chris Huggett.
Hi and welcome to the list Paul!
For all readers --> it is Paul K. Wiffen, who was deeply involved
your feedback on Witek.
Thanks for the infos you're sharing with this list! We'll wait for
Syntaur to get some Fatar "deal" - they simply do not reply. But I mightI know Fatar and because of my nationality I already tried to help
try other ways... ;-)
synthguruwiffen@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
F.
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Am Di., 12. Jan. 2021 um 13:05 Uhr schrieb Paul Wiffen <
certainly are now) but I was never involved in that side of the process (so
I heard that Fatar were the only European manufacturers (they
boring).
Deluxe as that was made by the second Electronic Dream Plant (Oxford) Ltd
Chris certainly never had access to any of the stock from the Wasp
which Chris refused to be a part of as he had lost so much money in the
first company. I suspect in the early days of Fatar the entry level
keyboards were very different from the more professional later units. Fatar
are still in existence so you could always contact them to ask.
keyboards arrived from as he did final assembly at the premises of the
I've not heard back from Witek yet, he might know where the
company who soldered the main boards.
oscar-synth-owners-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of Boniforti Flavio <
I'll ask him about this as soon as he gets in touch
Paul
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brand?Subject: [oscar-synth-owners] Re: Does anyone know the keyboard
time he was hearing "Fatar" - but there's no proof of it (yet?!).
According to Paul (Wiffen), he's pretty sure that was the first
regebro@xxxxxxxxx>:F.
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Am Sa., 2. Jan. 2021 um 19:36 Uhr schrieb Lennart Regebro <
turns out only 50-100 of those were made, so there is even less info on
I also thought it could be the same brand as the WASP Deluxe, but
that keyboard. :-)
boniforti.f@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I do think it's the same though.
On Sat, Jan 2, 2021 at 12:34 AM Boniforti Flavio <
don't recall Fatar IMO... but yours is a good question - maybe somebody can
Hi Lennart - honestly I doubt it's a Fatar keyboard. The haptics
look at the keyboard and try to search for some indicators? Usually on the
side of the assembly there could be something...
regebro@xxxxxxxxx>:
F.
https://soundcloud.com/bonnyfused
Am Fr., 1. Jan. 2021 um 22:44 Uhr schrieb Lennart Regebro <
bad idea) I did look around if I could find out anything about make and
When I disassembled and cleaned my Keyboard (don't do that, it's a
model.
remember WHY I thought so..,. Maybe it says so inside the keys? I can't
I think I decided it's some sort of Fatar keys, but I can't
remember it's been over a year since I did it. But in any case I couldn't
find any other examples of the same sort of keys, including from Fatar, so
maybe I just dreamt it?
Does anybody know what keyboard the OSCar is using?
