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Re: [CZsynth] Has anyone opened up a CZ-1?

2014-12-03 by Daniel Forró

Hey, Jim,

why not to use Service Manual for CZ1? I send you it in PM...

Good luck with your repair, I guess it shouldn't be so difficult to  
fix it.

Daniel Forro


On 29 Nov, 2014, at 4:09 AM, device.monkey@... [CZsynth]  
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Recently I bought a nice old CZ-1, unfortunately, the pitch wheel  
> has become disconnected and has fallen inside. The fault was there  
> when I bought it (poor guy, it broke while he was demonstrating it).  
> I mostly use the CZ via MIDI, but the keyboard's actually quite  
> good, so I would like to fix it anyway.
>
> The day I bought it, I opened up some of the synth, but couldn't  
> seem to easily access the part where the two wheels are (on the left  
> of the keyboard). I put it back together before I did anything  
> silly...
>
> Today I downloaded a service manual for the CZ-5000 (v. similar  
> synth), but I couldn't really make sense of it. Has anyone opened up  
> a CZ-1, and knows how to access the wheels? Any tips or pointers?
>
> I will definitely have another go, but I thought it would be best to  
> ask the folks here before blindly going in...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
>

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