Fairlight-CMI

Hi Laurent,

 Many thanks for the advice. Does your keyboard look even now across all of
the keys? In other words ,do all of the keys sit at the same height ? Also
what would you recommend as a cleaning solution for this job ?  I may
attempt to fix the keyboard tomorrow. Thanks.


James Thomson

Magic Audio Co.
The Studio
West Hampstead
London NW2 3RJ
U.K.








On 1/11/03 10:38 am, "Laurent Lemaire" <llemaire@sgi.com> wrote:

> Hi James,
> 
> I had the same issue with my Series III music keyboard and I fixed it on my
> own... (the good DIY method) It seams that Fairlight released many different
> music keyboard versions... So what I did may not work with your keyboard.
> 
> And , of course, I can't be made responsible if you damage your keyboard...
> ;-)
> 
> Here is what I've done with mine:
> 
> Each key has a long and thin spring attached to itself. There's two parallel
> metallic
> bar crossing the entire keyboard. When the key is released, the spring is
> laying on
> one of the bar. When it's pressed, is is in contact with the other. With time,
> the
> springs and the bars need to be cleaned. Also I had to adjust a few keys to
> align
> them to the others. Once this process done, all the key are now working
> properly
> and have the same dynamic and sustain.
> 
> If you decide to try it, please make sure to disconnect all power supply
> cables.
> 
> Hope it helps.
> 
>   Laurent.