[sdiy] Restoring a Roland SH09

[Kevin Lightner]

>A friend of mine had some emergency plumbing work done in his studio and
>the plumbers drilled in the concrete roof without covering or moving his
>synths out of the way! The synths with knobs survived but a poor little
>SH09 that has sliders took most of the dust and sand so I had to take a
>look at it.
>
>I removed every slider (15), took them apart and cleaned the insides
>with alcohol to dissolve the sandy grease. After that i cleaned every
>part and applied lithium-grease (used to lubricate rollerbearings and
>that type of stuff) to the upper part of the metal chassies of the
>sliders. Then I carefully reassembled all sliders...they all worked and
>feels like new!
>The slideswitches were also full of sand but were a bit harder to take
>apart due to lots of small parts so I used electonics-cleaner fluid with
>lubrication to flush out all the sand.
>
>While I had the thing apart I cleaned the frontpanel. I have a method
>of making old panels look almost new; (standard disclaimer, this works
>for me and I haven't destroyed a single panel yet but I take no
>responsibility for anything you might do... :)
>I use 5-56 (Swedish name for WD40) and a rag on screenprinted panels
>and polish them thoroughly. That removes fingergrease and old stickers
>etcetera. After that I use ordinary dishwashing-liquid and water to
>completely remove the WD40.
>
>The old dustcovers crumbled to pieces when I tried to remove them so I
>made new covers for all sliders and switches using black velvet cut with
>a razor and glued in place.
>
>The synth looks and feels very good, I bet it hasn't worked this good
>in 20 years!
>
>/daniel


Sounds great. :)
My only concern is if the velvet leaves fibers in the sliders.

I'd guess that citrus oil or armor all is probably similar to the 5-56 action.
Don't know if I'd do this with all types of painted surfaces though.

Send the plumbers a bill!! ;-)


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Kevin Lightner

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