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thanks for your reply Ed

Sounds like I\ufffdd better take it to the dealer and let them fix it.
They said they could do it. I got the impression it was just a minor fix.
Price was just too high. Don\ufffdt remember the exact amount but it made me
wonder if I should buy a "new" one instead.
The problem is maybe partly due to me not handling it that well.
There was quite a bit of dust inside when I opened just couple of months
ago.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ed Edwards <edward.edwards@...>
To: <AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 3:21 AM
Subject: Re: [AN1x] an1x keyboard


> > Hasn\ufffdt anybody got any idea how to fix this?
> > Very irritating.
> > Anybody done synth maintenance - this is hardly an1x specific stuff.
>
> Bruce... do you want to handle this one?  ;-)
>
> (Bruce Wahler, a member of this list, has done much more work on synths
than
> me.)
>
> But I'll tell you what I know anyway.
> It's hard.  Really hard to fix keyboard mechanisms.  They're hard to get
to
> inside the unit, therefore you usually have to pull out the whole key
> assembly sub-chassis.  Then the method each manufacturer uses to detect
the
> key press differs... but usually it's via membrane switches - the same
kind
> of thing as on your cell phone.  Not very sturdy, and not easy to repair
> once the membrane or rubber or whatever gets bad.
>
> That's the bad part.  The good part is that if the membrane stuff is still
> good then the problem is likely that the pressure pads need cleaning.  But
> that's still bad because it usually involves removing each key seperately
to
> be able to get to the part that needs cleaning.
>
>
> Ed Edwards
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