Hi David

> Have used an old Yamaha CS80 for several month (I was sad when I had to
> give it back)

But not only because of the ribbon controller ;-)
(The CS80 is the most wonderful synth I ever played)

> I did build a crude ribbon controller once using magnetic tape and
> graphite powder but it was to maintenance heavy. The graphite wore off and
> needed replacing regularly.

I had a quite simple controller made out of a resistance wire, I took from
a wire based potentiometer. I lost it when our rehearsal room was broken up
by thieves. :(

Florian
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