<div dir="ltr">I had a 'barn find' rackmount Sabine guitar tuner for repair a few months ago. I suspect it had been stored in a shed, been chewed on by rats or mice and was probably also fire damaged. Wow, was that $20 ever not a bargain! ;-)<div><br></div><div>Every contact was corroded. The display bezel was bent into a weird shape (heat damage). Buttons weren't working. And when I had a closer look on the back, little toothy sized chunks missing. I binned it at washed my hands a LOT.</div><div><br></div><div>Sarah</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 1:47 PM, gm <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:montalbanogm@gmail.com" target="_blank">montalbanogm@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<font face="Arial">Just as a heads-up for anyone who doesn't know --<br>
Grant at MTG has come up with a replacement CPU for the Pro-One,
with integrated MIDI and a few other upgrades. Anyone in need of
a replacement (or looking for an upgrade) should check it out:<br>
<a href="http://www.musictechnologiesgroup.com/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.musictechnologiesgroup.com/index.html</a><br>
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I've installed several, and they work just fine.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
~G<br>
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<div>On 4/18/2016 10:31 AM, Tom Wiltshire
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<pre>Thanks for the report. What did you use to "clean the pins and sockets"?
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<pre>A scalpel to scrape off corrosion, alcohol to remove the stickiness, and a piece of wire pushed in and out of the individual sockets. Nothing very clever.
It will probably need doing again at some point, but I regard this sort of minor servicing as a fact of life with 35-year-old keyboards.
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<pre>Nice that the chip was not toast.
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<pre>Absolutely! That was my fear too! A dead DAC or uP would have been a serious PITA.
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<pre>I replaced my keyboard DIP cable and socket on the synth end. This helped a lot. Eventually I got sick of the J-wires and swapped out the whole keyed.
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<pre>Yes, I've replaced the synth-end DIP socket and replaced the cable too. I still like the J-wire keyboard though!
Tom]
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