Kawai Synthesizers

thanks, i guess i'll open it up and see what's going on inside.  i 
only used it as a simple controller, it was never much but always 
stable.  i'm amazed that it's lasted this long.



--- In kawaisynths@yahoogroups.com, Antoine Deschênes <antdes45@...> 
wrote:
>
> Hi,
> 
> if the battery was screwed, you would lose your presets or the 
preset 
> memory would get corrupt. It should not affect the synth's 
operation 
> when it's turned on. If the tuning changes too, it might be a 
power 
> supply issue. If the octaves change as well, then it's probably a 
bad 
> solder joint or component. Look for leaking capacitors, and 
retouch 
> every solders around the voltage regulator section. A bad solder 
joint 
> could be found by knocking lightly on the components with a non-
metallic 
> object(a screwdriver handle for example) and listening for changes 
in 
> the sound at the same time.
> 
> Antoine
> 
> jimtzu2 a écrit :
> > my 20+ year old k1 has just started going out of tune, both the 
tuning 
> > and octaves are changing randomly.  thinking it's the battery 
which has 
> > never been changed.  any ideas
>