Fairlight-CMI

On Sat, 9 Sep 2006 14:36:54 -0500, you wrote:


Hi Tim,

I haven't tried it myself yet, but I will have to at some point, Peter
Wielk once recommended a pencil eraser to rub off the oxidation
(corrosion) of the contact points. 

Personally I do not think that cleaning anything else than the contact
points is necessary so save yourself some time there.

Good luck.
Harald.


>Has found a good method for really cleaning the contact springs on the music
>keyboard?
>
>I've got a few dodgy notes on the keyboard, so I finally got around to
>opening it up to clean the contacts.  All of the contacts are completely
>black.  I'm not sure if this is some kind of tarnishing or if the gold
>plating has come off or if it's some other kind of corrosion.  It's pretty
>much the entire length of the spring - not just at the contact points.  The
>only gold left on them is at the solder points.
>
>I've tried alcohol and had no luck.  Should I try progold or something?
>
>Or maybe the gold has corroded away over time or something?  It certainly
>hasn't "worn off" as it's not just at the contact points.
>
>Any thoughts?  I'd like to get this finished and off of my kitchen table...
>;-)
>
>Thanks,
>
>Tim