Rhodes Chroma Polaris

> From: Bill Stearns
> 
> I've heard these are not repairable. There's a Chroma 
> available locally for cheap but several of the membrane 
> buttons are non-functional and half of the ones which work 
> have bad lights. Is it possible to find replacements?

The LEDs are easy enough--any crappy old LED will work. Don't use ultra high
efficiency ones, though, or they'll be too bright.

No one's found a way to repair the membrane switch, unless it turns out the
only problem is at the very tip of the tail that plugs into the connector.
Even then it's iffy, since Fender of Japan chose some non-Mylar material
that degrades over the years. (The tails on the original Chroma are still
fine.) Some people have drilled the panel, and hand-wired mechanical
switches.

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
Paul                mailto:pderocco@...