Vintage Synth Repair

Hi, folks. I don't post here often, I just read sometimes. But now I have an original Wavestation that needs the battery replaced. I actually have the new battery for it, but I'm not sure just where it goes or if it's one of those soldered-in jobbbers. I've had this keyboard open many times but I just want to know what to look for as I don't rememeber ever seeing the battery. Can anyone help me with this?

--- In vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com, "brofjw" <brofjw@...> wrote:
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> Hi, folks. I don't post here often, I just read sometimes. But now I have an original Wavestation that needs the battery replaced. I actually have the new battery for it, but I'm not sure just where it goes or if it's one of those soldered-in jobbbers. I've had this keyboard open many times but I just want to know what to look for as I don't rememeber ever seeing the battery. Can anyone help me with this?

I replaced the battery in my WS A/D a couple of years ago.  It was just a matter of opening the case, finding the battery - which was in mounted in a clip-holder on the main board, and removing the old and putting in the replacement.  No muss, no fuss.

Doing the same in my JL Cooper MSB+ (midi switch box) was a different story, however.  It was soldered in.  I scrounged an old PC mobo and robbed the battery holder clip to make avoid having to keep soldering new batteries in the future.

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John