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K1 II keyboard keys

2015-05-18 by ohmanletmein@...

Hello,


Recently I pulled out my old trusty kawai keyboard (S/N 267481) out of the storage and started playing it again.
I noticed that some non-adjacent keys have kinda lost sensitivity.
To be more precise, keys 5, 47 and 60 are not sensitive enough really - You need to push them pretty hard to get them to trigger.
Key 47 is in especially bad shape as it wont trigger 80% of the time - it seems to have a real narrow band of velocities where it will work.
What can I do to fix this issue? Can I clean the contacts or solder something?

I noticed that the aftertouch also wildly varies between keys - some keys pick up the whole range quite easily, while some keys can't transmit more than 20% of aftertouch no matter how hard I press.
Is that issue related to the one I stated before?

And I need one more piece of info - my software version is still 1.00, I obtained a v1.3 but I don't know what I will gain with it, nor do I know HOW to update the software.
Help me please.




Marijan.


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