[sdiy] Polymoog

[Happy Harry]

Barbed wire goes stiff through work hardening dur to
the vibration of the wind whistling through it for
years...

Has yours been in the breeze long... or played THAT
heavily ???  (i guess probably not....)

H^) harry


>From: "Tony Allgood" <oakley at techrepairs.freeserve.co.uk>
>Reply-To: "Tony Allgood" <oakley at techrepairs.freeserve.co.uk>
>To: "Synth DIY" <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>Subject: [sdiy] Polymoog
>Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 14:50:22 +0100
>
>Hi all,
>
>Well, this really is being a bit of a pain literally. And to be honest,
>if I could have picked it up, I would have thrown it out the window last
>night. I did my back in lifting the thing off the bench yesterday.
>
>But its starting to sound OK, although the slider pots are terrible and
>they have this plastic tar all over them. Sort of reminiscent of the
>Moog Rogue here. And after two hours with a box full of cotton buds and
>IPA, that's isopropyl alcohol, not the beer, I have only got about 90%
>of the keys to work. And the velocity response is zero. Is it all worth
>it??? I really don't know. The keyboard is so heavy. Is it supposed to
>be like that? It reminds me of the piano we used to have in the practice
>room at school. After ten minutes of playing, your hands ache all over.
>If this cannot be fixed the whole thing is going to spare parts.
>
>So my question is: is the keyboard problem a spring problem or a feature
>of the keyboard itself. Do they go bad? I know barbed wire goes stiff
>after a few years out in the open. Florian, Gene, are yours this bad?
>
>Many thanks,
>
>Tony Allgood, Penrith, Cumbria, England
>
>Oakley Modular Synth and TB3030:
>www.oakleysound.com/projects.htm
>My music: www.mp3.com/taklamakan
>
>
>


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