Fairlight-CMI

Hi Jerry,

I ordered mine from the UK (I'm also in the US) because I couldn't 
find them anywhere in North America. You might have some luck with 
mouser.com (I couldn't find the right ones, but I didn't perform an 
exhaustive search) if you didn't want to order from overseas. It 
appears the bulbs were primarily used in telephones that weren't US 
models.

Changing them should be pretty easy, at least. You need to "pull" 
out the old ones - they're tricky to get at but you can gently use 
pliers, or put a cylinder of electrical tape around the bulb, or 
push the outer insulation of a patch cable onto the bulb and then 
pull.

-Rob

--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, "Jerry" 
<coasterdude02149@y...> wrote:
> Thank you Frank and Rob.   I siad pliers sort of tongue in 
cheek....I'd never do that but 
> wasn't sure if you could do it from the outside or if you did need 
to go into the 
> keyboard itself to do this.
> 
> No, I've never opened up the music keyboard...only the alpha 
keyboard and the 
> mainframe. This is vergin terriory to me but I'm not bothered by 
it. I'll set aside the 
> afternoon tomorrow and tackle it.
> 
> No, I've not got replacement bulbs for it yet. I thoght once I 
removed the ones that 
> have burnt out, I could go to my local Radio Shack elecronics 
store and see if they've 
> got them. 
> 
> I'm assuming so long as the right connector is on the replacement, 
any 5.5, .24volt, 
> 50ma bulb is ok? If not, an someone recommend a place in teh USa 
where I can get 
> them. It'd be cheaper than ordering from the UK since they are not 
an expensive item.
> 
> Happy New Year!
> 
> Jerry