Vintage Synth Repair

Feel free to call. I am normally in the shop on Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday from 9-5 and Wednesday and Friday from 9-2. 518-828-0616 EDT, or
email works too.

 

kaniver@...

 

Keith A Niver

 

-----Original Message-----
From: vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of thirteentech
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 6:11 PM
To: vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [vintagesynthrepair] Re: Hi from a new member.

 

Thanks Keith, I am in Sydney in Australia, I haven't heard of MITA, I would
be very 
interested in finding out more. Do you mind if I give you a call?

--- In vintagesynthrepair@ <mailto:vintagesynthrepair%40yahoogroups.com>
yahoogroups.com, "Keith Niver" <kaniver@...> wrote:
>
> Where are you located Steve? Do you belong to MITA (Musical Instrument
> Technicians Association, International)? If you are interested, contact me
> or go to www.mitatechs.com.
> 
> 
> 
> Keith A Niver
> 
> Certified MITA Technician
> 
> Niver's Inc
> 
> 801 Columbia St
> 
> Hudson, NY 12534
> 
> 518-828-0616, work
> 
> 518-755-6960, cell
> 
> kaniver@...
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vintagesynthrepair@ <mailto:vintagesynthrepair%40yahoogroups.com>
yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:vintagesynthrepair@ <mailto:vintagesynthrepair%40yahoogroups.com>
yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Jones
> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 9:36 PM
> To: vintagesynthrepair@ <mailto:vintagesynthrepair%40yahoogroups.com>
yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Hi from a new member.
> 
> 
> 
> Wow, that's a lot of questions. I can help out, but
> not all at once, I have a workshop full of synths at
> the moment that I am fixing 1 by 1. Starting the the
> Prophet 10, do you have a service manual for it?
> 
> --- Frank Simon <fsimon001@neo. <mailto:fsimon001%40neo.rr.com> rr.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Steve,
> > I hope everyone doesn't attack you at once. I had a
> > crazy experience where I bought a Prophet 10, Korg
> > Trident Mk II, and Roland JX 10 all for $30 each non
> > working. I am an RF engineer and novice
> > musician/Audio repairman. I know linear more than
> > digital but I am going to throw out some questions
> > since you offered. 
> > 1)My Trident I fixed due to NiCad battery meltdown
> > destroying traces but I repaired the PC board(with
> > wire) and all works great Strings, Brass,
> > FLANGER!!!, but the Synth section makes occasional
> > odd noises sounds like processing. Any trouble
> > shooting advice would be appreciated.
> > 2) The P10 had no sound, lit up, I found a 5V
> > regulator pulled down. Found the bad IC(burned my
> > finger). Then like a dumb a## I was checking -5V reg
> > T0-220 on a voice board,slipped shorted output to
> > input and took out 4 CEM3310. OUCH!! Still don't
> > know why due to internal Zener in CEM3310. I want to
> > continue toubleshooting but don't want to buy pricey
> > chips until my confidence is up. Can I put the board
> > in without 4 of the 10 CEM3310 and continue. I'm
> > sure no sound but -5v reg will be up. Any advice
> > appreciated.
> > 3) Roland JX10 is total dead. I think power supply
> > was good. Lower priority. This one I don't have a
> > schematic. Do you have one?
> > 4) Finally my Hammond H-112 had low volume and I
> > found unplugging the Reverb tank it came back full
> > volume. I think the reverb is ok. Do you think it
> > could be a tube driver? Sounds odd that it would
> > shut the amps down.
> > 
> > Sorry for the overload. I'm excited about these
> > synths. If I fix one I got more than my money back.
> > The Korg is very close. I will cry if I can't fix
> > the P10.
> > Thanks,
> > Frank
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: thirteentech 
> > To: vintagesynthrepair@ <mailto:vintagesynthrepair%40yahoogroups.com>
> yahoogroups.com 
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 7:54 AM
> > Subject: [vintagesynthrepair] Hi from a new
> > member.
> > 
> > 
> > Just wanted to introduce myself... I am a
> > synthesizer service tech from Sydney, Australia. I 
> > have been fixing synths since 1982, as well as a
> > lot of touring as a keyboard tech. Currently I 
> > have around 22 vintage machines that I play and
> > use for recording, and have been a warranty 
> > tech in Australia over the years for PPG, Kurzweil
> > E-mu and Sequential. Hope I can help out a 
> > little on the forum, and learn some new things too
> > :-)
> > 
> > Steve Jones.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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