Discussion about the Korg PolySix synthesizer

hi guys,

i'm new to the group... i've looked in the archives,
but didn't find an answer to this question, so here
goes-

i have a polysix that i've replaced the battery and
repaired the board around the battery. all the
funtions work perfectly except for the keyboard. all
the contacts work when i take it apart and press the
grey rubber thingies with my fingers, but when i put
the keys back together, some keys work, others don't.
you have to press really hard on some of the keys.
some that do work, sometimes take a fraction of a
second to kick in... i've tried cleaning the contacts
several times, and i've even stuffed felt in some of
the grey rubber things to make the keys have more
pressure on the contacts, but it still doesn't play
properly.  
as it is, i can hold notes and use the synth as a
noisemaker (which is fun), but i can't really play it
too much...

are there any tricks i can try? i guess i could
replace the keyboard, but i'm sure it would be
difficult finding one that works, and i really don't
want to spend much money on it...

any help is appreciated!

thanks- roy


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I had the same with my Polysix. I did the following:
You need:
* a piece of aluminium foil, the kind you pack food into
* a standard office hole-puncher
* dual sided adhesive tape; not a thick one like "Scotch" but a thin
   one similar to normal adhesive tape but sticking on both sides.
* one free evening and a few good CDs to bring you over the evening ;-)

Take the keyboard apart and clean the PCB, if you did not already.
Glue the adhesive tape onto the aluminium foil and punch holes out of
it. Now take the little circles of aluminium and adhesive tape and peel
off the coating from the other side of the adhesive tape and glue the
aluminium foil onto the black rubber "thingies". That's it.
Since I did this several months ago each and any key is working perfect.

Johannes



PolySix@yahoogroups.com wrote:

> hi guys,
> 
> i'm new to the group... i've looked in the archives,
> but didn't find an answer to this question, so here
> goes-
> 
> i have a polysix that i've replaced the battery and
> repaired the board around the battery. all the
> funtions work perfectly except for the keyboard. all
> the contacts work when i take it apart and press the
> grey rubber thingies with my fingers, but when i put
> the keys back together, some keys work, others don't.
> you have to press really hard on some of the keys.
> some that do work, sometimes take a fraction of a
> second to kick in... i've tried cleaning the contacts
> several times, and i've even stuffed felt in some of
> the grey rubber things to make the keys have more
> pressure on the contacts, but it still doesn't play
> properly.  
> as it is, i can hold notes and use the synth as a
> noisemaker (which is fun), but i can't really play it
> too much...
> 
> are there any tricks i can try? i guess i could
> replace the keyboard, but i'm sure it would be
> difficult finding one that works, and i really don't
> want to spend much money on it...
> 
> any help is appreciated!
> 
> thanks- roy
> 
> 
> .       .       ..  .
> brasilia
> http://www.unovis.org
> ... . .... . .  ... .
> 
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