eBay of the Day #2: Real, working 14' Long MIDI Keyboard

Thanks to Squeezyboy for pointing me towards eBay item #7350576206, a fourteen foot long MIDI keyboard. It starts at £2,000. This page seems to belong to the people who built the piano, complete with a fantastic video of it being played by some workmen. I guarantee it will make your day. It's the sort of thing that Jean Michelle Jarre would have played back in the day. In other keyboards-on-the-'bay news, #7349626808 is an original Fairlight II keyboard (like the ones seen here and here), currently just £60. I've spent a few days thinking I should buy it and ~~turn it into the world's most awesome MIDI controller~~ have it gather dust in house. Similarly, how cool would it be if I wrote MT on a Fairlight Querty Keyboard?

Posted by Tom Whitwell.

Comments:

Funky. The Fairlight keyboard controller is sitting underneath an old Synclavier II board. Man, what that must have cost in 1983.

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Anonymous : 5:22 am

The piano scene in "Big" was shot in the high-end toy store FAO Schwartz in New York city. They sell this type stuff (which I think was a commercially available item) and last I heard the foot piano is still there and customers can walk on it if they choose.

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Anonymous : 5:55 am

say WHAT?? couldnt you build something like that for about $2000?

no wonder its still for sale

# posted by

Awakened Yeti : 12:38 am

This one's cheaper:
http://www.fao.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=159&categoryId=233&parentCategoryId=107

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Anonymous : 3:51 am

Gee, thanks, ipodstreet.com. I've always wanted to have comment spam shoved down my gullet while I'm perusing weblogs.

Oh yeah, and that keyboard's cool. But at that price I'd expect it to come with a defibrillator.

# posted by

Anonymous : 12:37 am

The original Keyboard is in Children's Museum in New Jersey, outside of Philadelphia, PA.

http://www.discoverymuseum.com

The inventor creates alot of the exhibits in the museum...its a fun place!

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