[sdiy] Keyboard stopper Adhesive...

[Pete Hartman]

In the XP-50 there are a series of roughly 8 inch metal strips, with 3
tabs at 90 degrees to the strip, rather than a long plastic strip.

In my JX-1, which uses the long plastic strip, I found that not having
the strip made the keys "wobbly".  They wouldn't fall out, but they
were harder to play without a very specific, fairly staccato playing
style.  If I hit the key at any kind of angle (as you would as you
move your hand over the keyboard) the keys would jam where I was
having problems with the stopper strip (it's much more of a pain to
reinstall on the JX-1, certainly).

I can't say that the XP-50 has the same problem as I haven't played
without the strips in it.

Thanks

Pete

On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Florian Anwander
<fanwander at mnet-online.de> wrote:
> Hello Pete
>
> with key stoppers you mean the clear plastic strip under den keybed? If yes,
> I never reattach it, when I hade to remove it. In fact the key cannot slip
> out of its position if the keyboard is mounted back under the top lid. Its
> not worth the effort.
>
> Florian
>
>
> Am 21.11.2013 15:22, schrieb Pete Hartman:
>>
>> In the repair for the Roland XP-50 I also had to replace a key.
>> There's a type of adhesive used to hold the key stoppers in place,
>> it's medium hard when dry, but releases with moderate pressure so you
>> can pull the stopper to replace keys.
>>
>> Now that I've replaced the key, obviously enough the adhesive isn't
>> "sticky" any longer; it does provide enough pressure that I can put
>> the stopper in place without it falling out, but I don't have much
>> long-term confidence that it will stay there.
>>
>> The question is: what kind of adhesive is this?  I could go get liquid
>> nails at Home Depot, but the next key that breaks in that set of 8 or
>> however many will make me pull my hair out ;-).  I have looked in the
>> manual but don't see anything more specific than "adhesive".  One of
>> the downfalls of raw manual scans is not being able to search....
>>
>> Can someone more familiar with these sorts of things provide a
>> reference to a particular adhesive that may be commonly used?  Would
>> hot glue do the trick, since I know I can get that to release from
>> plastic after it's cooled?  (The stuff they used is clearly NOT hot
>> glue)
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Pete
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