[sdiy] Keyboard Connections

[Dave Magnuson]

At 12:43 AM 7/9/02 -0400, harry wrote:
>Hi Med....
>
>I'd try to rotate the organ 90 degrees...so the shit would fall away from
>the circuit boards... then I'd drown the shit out of it with contact
>cleaner while
>having a friend (better be a GOOD friend) work the keys vigorously....
>
>That might not even be enough... you may need to scrub each contact point
>with a swab.  Probably a foam or chamois swab would be best, because the
>cotton will shred and fuck things up worse.
>
>I'll let someone else suggest the best contact cleaner... I'd start with
>one non-residue
>type to clean and another to protect / lubricate.  I used Cramolin on the
>last keyboard I did... but that is long-time unavailable now....
>
>H^) harry
>
>

For the rubber-coated buss bars, I use pinch roller cleaner from Teac.  It
cleans and reconditions the rubber, instead of drying it out like alcohol
or other solvents would.  Should be available from anyone who sells
reel-to-reel parts

Dave Magnuson



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