[sdiy] DIY MicroMoog Ribbon controller repair / replace?

[JJB]

Ok, since it appears that synth repair DIY is not OT, I have a question:

I have a MicroMoog on which the ribbon controller broke the day I bought 
it 20 years ago (made the mistake of putting it on the hood of my snow 
covered car and the synth just slid off...). It was stored in an attic 
after that until last month. I recently had one of the electronics 
guru's I work with look at the synth and he did some work, replaced some 
capacitors & fixed a few keys that were not playing. He said the ribbon 
is internally shorted and he does not know how to fix it. I'm wondering 
if it is an easy part to repair or replace, I've seen some cool DIY 
projects online for ribbon controllers, but they are not targeted 
towards fixing this specific device. I could only find one used Moog 
ribbon online and it was fairly expensive, and had to be shipped from 
Europe.

 - Joel