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Re: CS60 aftertouch question

2008-09-18 by Alessandro

Hi David,

thanks for your help.

Now you mentioned it, i think the shutter is missing (its not in the 
CS) but i think i can make something else for it. Nice job i will do 
tomorrow ;-)  its bedtime here..

Thanks,

Alessandro


--- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, David Rogoff <david@...> wrote:
>
> Alessandro wrote:
> > i bought a near mint CS60 yesterday, looks nice with my CS80.
> >   
> Show-off :^)
> > But the CS60 has a few (minor problems) the aftertouch for 
instance is 
> > always on. Any touch response settings are directly audible, when 
i 
> > press the aftertouch nothing happens. I know that the aftertouch 
works 
> > with a light bulb. I opened it up the light bulb still works, if 
i put 
> > a piece of paper between the light and i think the sensor then 
the 
> > touch reponse stops. So somewhere there is a fault perhaps the 
sensor? 
> >   
> Well, there should be some kind of shutter between the light bulb 
and 
> the sensor that lets more light through as you press harder on the 
keys. 
> Look around area A-4 in the schematic here: 
> 
http://therogoffs.com/cs80/manuals/CS60_Service_Manual/cs60_foldout_sc
hematic.jpg 
> .  You should set some kind of lever move near the light bulb when 
you 
> press the keys hard. Maybe the attached shutter fell off. I don't 
> remember what it looks like - it's been over 20 years since I've 
> owned/worked-on a CS60, but it should be pretty straight forward to 
fix.
> 
>  David
>

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