Manufacturers of Keyless pedal steels?

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Manufacturers of Keyless pedal steels?

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I'd like to determine ALL of the manufacturers of keyless pedal steels. Please post here or advise me via my email address: tommybradshaw@gmail.com. Thanks to all. ...Tom
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Williams and GFI and Excel come to mind.
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Looks like the new Sierras are available in keyless.
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BMI offers keyless instruments
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Are you just interested in those currently being built or all of them? Those already mentionted are current and there's also Schild over there in the Swiss Alps. Great looking guitars.

Out of production models are Kline, Anapeg, Lamar that I can think of offhand.
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BMI can build you a all pull Keyless like Cowboy Eddy Long plays.

An if you twist the Builder an owner of BMI steels::: Don can build you a keyless BMI
25 inch scale that lowers on one End an raises on the other End. This style BMI pushes too lower an pulls too raise.
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Desert Rose also builds a nice Keyless steel.
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Johnie King wrote:BMI can build you a all pull Keyless like Cowboy Eddy Long plays.

An if you twist the Builder an owner of BMI steels::: Don can build you a keyless BMI
25 inch scale that lowers on one End an raises on the other End. This style BMI pushes too lower an pulls too raise.
Johnnie...

Didn't you build some keyless guitars?
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I'm only wanting current manufacturers. Here is what I've assembled already. If I don't get any more here, I intend to send an email to all the other manufacturers listed in the links section of the Forum. I'll even confirm with all of them as to whether they want to be on the list or not.

• Bennett – 85 Derwent Road, Babington, Wirral, UK, Ch63 2LD – bennettsteels@btinternet.com
• BMI – 706 Rodeo Arena Rd. Scranton, AR 72863 - don@beckmusicalinstruments.com
• Desert Rose – 3611 West Flying Diamond Drive, Tucson, AZ 85742 – figueroamaf@aol.com
• GFI – 20 Green Ridge Loop, Marshfield, MO 65706 - info@gfimusicalproducts.com
• On-Trak - PO Box 398 (101 Rodney Avenue), Walnut, IL 61376 - prairiewindmusic@gmail.com
• Schild – Huseli 353A, Ch-3763 Darstetten, Switzerland
• Sierra - P.O. Box 681, Mollala, OR 97038 sierrasteelinfo@gmail.com
• Williams – 20230 Vintage Drive, Oak Grove, MN 55303 - billrudolph@williamsguitarcompany.com

If anyone has the email for Schild steels, please post here on send me the info at tommybradshaw@gmail.com
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Hi Tom,
If you go to the website schildsteel.com, you will find a contact link in the menu. By the way, thanks for EVERYTHING you have done for the community here!
Mark
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There's a keyless Zum for sale in the classifieds. Is that an original guitar or had it been modified ? I'm not familiar enough with Zum to know for sure.
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Hi Tom,

Don't forget about Excel!

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On Trak is no longer built.
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Tom Bradshaw wrote:I'd like to determine ALL of the manufacturers of keyless pedal steels. Please post here or advise me via my email address: tommybradshaw@gmail.com. Thanks to all. ...Tom
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Excel builds keyless as well
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Richard I built a few keyless steels thanks.
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