Vintage Synth Repair

Hi, Scott!
 
Waaaaay back in '78, when I built my very own Stringz 'n' Thingz, I had the same problem.  The high C key kept slapping against that end piece on the right side of the case, rendering the key almost useless.  My solution was a trip to the hardware store.
 
The fix was a few fender washers and a couple of the same size (diameter - #12?), but slightly longer screws.  Since they had the same heads as the supplied screws, they fit through the holes in the bottom of the case perfectly.  I stacked a couple of fender washers (small center hole, large diameter flat washers) inside the case, followed by a regular flat washer, a lock washer, and finally the nut.  Now, it took some tilting and fiddling to get the front flange of the keyboard to sit atop the fender washers (a height increase of about 3/16"), with the flat and lock washers on top of the flange - As I recall, I had to tip the case up almost vertically, and use a long screwdriver to help position the washer stack properly - and then I could hold the nut with an open-end wrench (or pliers) and tighten the front mounts down.  It's worked perfectly since then, without any problem.  The keyboard can be shifted slightly to the left to clear that end
 piece.
 
Good luck with your new instrument, and I hope that the suggestion helps!
 
Fellow Stringz-head,
Dave Garfield



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From: Scott <painintheamp@...>
To: vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, November 11, 2009 8:16:23 AM
Subject: [vintagesynthrepair] Scored!...PAIA StringsNThings

  
I found it at a local used thing-a-ma-gig store

Everything works but the very highest key sticks and that's only because of how it sits in the case

First put out in '78. You can mix piano tone with strings or get a cool pipe organ type sound w/ or w/o strings

Separate sustains/sustain pedal jacks for piano and strings

and a tremolo ckt to fatten things up