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Trying to find my first Casio


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Well, it wasn't really mine...

 

In college, my roommate and a guy upstairs used to get together and play guitar. The guy upstairs had a small Casio that he let me play. It was probably 40-something keys, and they were mini-keys. This would have been around 86, 87, or 88.

 

I know that's not a lot to go on, but I'm wondering if anyone might know what models it could have been. I'm hoping that if I see the right one, I'll recognize it. I would like to know what "my" first Casio was!

 

Thanks!

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Thanks. It might have been the MT-520, but I'm not sure. I wish that site had dates of production. The original owner didn't know what it was and I guess he no longer has it by his response. If he did have it, I'd offer to buy it! I'll send him the link to he can let me know if any of them might be it.

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The MT-520 came out in 1987. If you're pretty sure the keyboard had those drumpads, you're in luck; there were only a few with pads like that, and they were all in the market around the same time ('87-'88):

MT-220 - 4 squarish drumpads

MT-500 - 4 hexagonal drumpads

MT-520 - 8 hexagonal drumpads

MT-640 - 6 hexagonal drumpads, and big

SK-8 - small, 4 squarish drumpads, sampler

 

Do just a search on those, and you should be able to nail down the exact one.

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I sent the link to the original owner on FB. At first he thought it was the MT-28 because it was black with the blue line across it. But, I didn't remember it having that RAM cartridge slot. To which he replied, "Hmm. I guess I'm wrong. I can't see it well enough on the phone and after a while they all look the same."

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  • 3 weeks later...

This was my first Casio back around 1985.

 

Also mini keys.  I never bought the optional barcode scanner that allowed you to load songs from data sheets into the internal sequencer.

 

I paid about $300 for it USED back in 1985.  I believe it sold for $500 NEW back then!

 

Casio_MT_70.jpg

 

Gary ;)

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