I found this website called tapeswitch.com, where they sell ribbon switches, and I was wondering if this was the the same as those ribbon controllers on kurzweil machines. They have a bunch of different kinds. $50 min., custom lengths @ ~$16 ea.
If anyone’s interested.
Here’s a link that’ll show ya how to make your own…
http://www.geocities.com/tpe123/folkurban/synthstick/synthstick.html
Best…
Dan
Thanks a lot. That got me thinking that I could find a flat resistive material that would approach the 10kOhm resistance area (at the right length), and connect it directly to an AIN module off a midiboxNG. What do you think?
It’s an excuse to carry around a multimeter. 
sounds good…
let us know the right length etc…also, the the kinda of material u use too, mebbe even a lil walkthrough for all other MBHP peep out there…
i was aiming to do the same type walkthrough with the encoder’s that have a built in switch i made from a bunch of old mice (see pic)…but it only looks this nice so far, still yet to hook it up to a din and find out if it all works… :o
All the best…
Dan