[sdiy] Those darned Yamaha chips!

[Wheaton, Simon]

It's not just Yamaha, I have tried to buy Akai service manuals/schematics from the Australian Akai distributor and was told the same thing, if I'm not an authorised repair agent, I can't have them.

Simon
Canberra
AUSTRALIA

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Tuesday, 23 November 2004 11:41 AM
To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Those darned Yamaha chips!

> >I find Yamaha increadibly un-cooperative. They won't even sell you a
> >circuit diagram to an 80s organ, unless you are a registered yamaha
> >tech.
>
>Huh? In Germany you can get Yamaha schematics quite easily from
>Schaltungsdienst Lange.
>
>True, they were unwilling to sell original schematics for SY77 and SY77
>but rather directed me to Schaltungsdienst Lange to order it there...
>
>What organ model is it? Or just check yourself at
>http://schaltungsdienst.de/de/katalog.html by entering the model name
>into the "Modell" field.

I made a phone call with Yamaha Netherlands last week. Same result. 
No dealer? No info!

I did order a service manual for the SK-20/30/50 once from Lange and 
got a photo copy. An expensive copy to say the least.
Such a pity they left off the final pages; those with the parts list! *&@4%#*!

It seems my original question has transformed into a widespread 
complaint about Yamaha's service. I didn't realize it was *that* bad. 
=(

Senso