[sdiy] Advice?: Powering up a vintage keyboard after several years

[David G Dixon]

But seriously, I recently brought a whiteface Odyssey back from the dead.
Here's what I did:  I disconnected the power supply, plugged it in, and
checked all the voltages to make sure that it was somewhere close to +/-15V.
In fact, it was very close, and I was able to bring it to +/-15.00V with a
couple small adjustments of the trimmers.  It held those voltages for
several minutes.  At that point, I figured it was safe to reconnect it and
fire up the synth.  All was fine, and all continues to be fine.


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From: Synth-diy [mailto:synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of
Barry Klein
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2016 5:14 AM
To: synth-diy DIY
Subject: [sdiy] Advice?: Powering up a vintage keyboard after several years


I am going through the stuff in my garage.  I have several vintage synths -
some worth quite a bit now - and they haven't been powered in at least 5
years.
What would you recommend - advancing on a Variac, or just plug it in?
 
 
Barry


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