Dust Covers
Posted By Scott on January 30, 2010
Until recently I had a home kite building business so I just happen to have an industrial strength sewing machine. That machine has came in very handy for building dust covers for my amps and keyboards. I use that plastic tarp material you can get at a hardware store. A big 12 x 12 sheet of it maybe costs $15. I get the silver colored stuff which has a black colored backing. For edging I used 1″ wide nylon strap webbing in black also. What I do is fold the webbing around the edges of the material and sew it down. On the cover ends I do the same thing then sew the pieces together. I figure a cover maybe cost me $3 verses $2o for covers I’ve seen in music stores.
Consew 199R sewing covers
On the Roland RD-700 the output cords and power plug stick out the back side so I make a little flap there so the cover fits down nicely.
RD-700 protected by a Boogie Beau made dust cover
The covers really help keep the keys clean and in this case the sun off also as the keyboard is next to a window.
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