treasure (junk) in my synth

[CCartCat at aol.com]

Coupla years back, I got a Juno-106 second hand from an out-of-the-way music 
store for 200 dollars.  One or two broken keys but it worked (and still 
works) fine and I use MIDI etc.  Got it home and kinda noticed light rattling 
inside it.  One of the broken keys was loose.  So I removed it so I could 
shake out what was inside:  pistachio shells.  Forget how many . .  more than 
two, fewer than seven.  Previous owner's fave snack?

:-)
Kevin Seward


<<I was found a couple of mushrooms growing in my Sequential Prophet I had

just bought from a junk dealer.  I'm not sure if thats a treasure but what

the hell!  My synth still smells odd.


Also have you ever noticed the Budda drawings inside any of the Sequential

Circuit Synths.  They are on some of the Circuit boards.  I guess it was for

good luck.


DJ Trev

----- Original Message -----

From: Rob <cyborg_0 at iquest.net>

To: <RevTor at aol.com>; <synth-diy at mailhost.bpa.nl>

Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2000 9:32 AM

Subject: Re: treasure in my synth...



> I once found a really good gold plated pen in a Moog Rogue.

> The guy who owed it said that the thing rattled and gave it to me cheap

> because he thought something was broke inside of it.

>

> Rob

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: <RevTor at aol.com>

> To: <analogue at hyperreal.org>; <synth-diy at mailhost.bpa.nl>

> Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2000 11:47 AM

> Subject: treasure in my synth...

>

>

> > Hello all,

> >   Heres a funny (or scary) story for everyone..  I recently aquired a

> K5000s

> > in mint condition except for one of the keys was dead (ie: no spring

> > action.., it played but it was just hanging low..) so last night I

decided

> to

> > get this problem straightened out and started taking the thing apart.  I

> > heard lose bits inside and figured it was the spring or other keyboard

> bits

> > floating around waiting to short my new board out.  Well, after getting

> the

> > back cover off, I realized what it was that was rattling inside there.

It

> > was a link form someones watch band!  (And I found a dead ladybug too)

> Like

> > on the Synthfool site when Kevin found a pair of pliers inside the

Jupiter

> 8

> > (I think)..  Now, this thing is pretty damn new and showed no signs of

> anyone

> > ever being inside it so I assume its from Japan..  The link is stainless

> > steel and says "Made in China" on it in english.  In Japan are watches

> marked

> > in english?  Imagine what that could have done had it found its way onto

> the

> > motherboard...  Anyway I got the key fixed and now its mint condition.

> > Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeee........

> > later,

> > ~Steve M

> > Treasure!...

> >

>>>