[AH] Re: [sdiy] replacement keyboards available

[harrybissell]

Remember that the early DW-8000 had an 'unfortunate' keyboard design that
were replaced under warranty.  Later units had a much improved keyboard.

I have the early one, Cramolin spray helped a great deal... (but that is no
longer
obtainable)  ;^(

H^) harry

Andre Majorel wrote:

> On 2003-03-24 11:15 -0800, greg montalbano wrote:
> > At 08:01 PM 3/24/03 +0100, Andre wrote:
> > >On 2003-03-24 18:58 +0100, jhaible at debitel.net wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Are these rubber dome keyboards, or metal contacts?
> > >
> > >Metal. Motif-6 keyboards look and feel exactly like DX7 keyboards.
> > >If you open a DX7, you'll see that each key has two contacts at
> > >the end of thin springy metal blades. The feel is very different
> > >from that of a rubber dome keyboard.
> >
> > This sounds very similar to the (unjustly underrated) Korg DW8000
> > keyboard---same kind of metal contacts (although the Korg also has those
> > metal weights inside the plastic keys).
>
> So do the DX7/Motif and the SL161. The (cheaper) SL61 doesn't.
> I've tried one and... well, I hope the SL161 is better than
> that. As for the DW8000, I haven't touched one since when they
> first came out so I can't compare.
>
> --
> André Majorel <amajorel at teaser.fr>
> http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/