[sdiy] minimoog keyboard springs?

[Bob Weigel]

The normal proceedure is to 'scale' them with a pic that has a sharp 
edge for grating metal I think.  Deoxit will help losen stuff up I think 
in the process.  I've been dealing with a little more difficult 
problem.  This Russian aelita....the metal is something funky there it 
seems.  I tried brushing cleaner across for quite a while and it doesn't 
appear...bad!  But still I'm getting annoying key hangs.  I can't play 
it til I figure that one out.  Just randomly a note sticks and all the 
sudden all notes below that don't trigger because they are all chained 
through the release contact! :-)

Anyway the j-wires are a bit more trivial I think.  At least I've not 
run into a situation where that wouldn't do it. -Bob

denshi wrote:

>anyone have tips on cleaning/repairing the spring
>contacts inside minimoog keyboards?  im working on a
>minimoog that has about 5 or 6 really awful contacts,
>but i dont want to damage the stretched out springs if
>i cant find suitable replacements.  thanks all!
>
>seth  
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