>> How hard would it be to get a couple of pressure sensors, and wire 
>> them up to a MIDI plug so you could have your own?
> 
> That's what I thought the moment I saw it.  Or maybe simpler to buy a 
> standard cheap MIDI keyboard to get all the electronics and rig up some 
> nice wooden pedals to it.

I guess that's a possibility, assuming I can find one that isn't 
touch-sensitive. (For some reason, as soon as you buy a stand-alone MIDI 
controller everybody automatically thinks you want the finest 
weighted-key action with touch sensitivity and polyphonic aftertouch... 
Hence, keyboards that have MIDI are quite cheap, but MIDI keyboards are 
surprisingly expensive.)

Assuming you find one that isn't touch-sensitive, so pressing a key just 
closes a circuit, it should be possible to rig something up.

The next problem is going to be how to make it sturdy enough to not fall 
apart. ;-)

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