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

[Gordonjcp]

On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 05:13:37AM -0700, Barry Klein wrote:
> 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

If they date from the 1940s or before, then "reforming electrolytics" might be a good idea.

Five years isn't going to make a bit of difference, especially with modern components.

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