<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">This unit is pretty Dirty, EBOLA hazard?<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We might have some parts still for this unit or a dead board that could be cannabalized.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">My partner , Paul Morte of Paul Morte Technical Service in Orange, Calif. is the right person to ask, Paul is the Nation Service Center for Yamaha</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I will be at the shop on Monday if you wish to call me. +1-562-355-4699, We also have User/Service Manuals and parts for Yamaha usually in stock, CS80 parts are getting almost </div><div class="">Impossible to obtain.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Regards,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Terry<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 7, 2020, at 9:44 AM, David G Dixon <<a href="mailto:dixon@mail.ubc.ca" class="">dixon@mail.ubc.ca</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="Section1" style="page: Section1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;" class="">I washed all the bits of a whiteface ARP Odyssey that was unbelievably filthy in my kitchen sink with hot water and dishwashing liquid. It worked great. The synth works very well.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;" class="">I’m with the late, great Kevin Lightner – you can’t really hurt analog electronics by washing them like the dishes. Just make sure they are properly dry before powering anything up. Of course, anything with a digital display is probably off limits for this.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></font></div><div class=""><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center" tabindex="-1" class=""></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><b class=""><font size="2" face="Tahoma" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold;" class="">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Synth-diy [<a href="mailto:synth-diy-bounces@synth-diy.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mailto:synth-diy-bounces@synth-diy.org</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b>Pete Hartman<br class=""><b class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">Sent:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Saturday, March 07, 2020 7:20 AM<br class=""><b class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">To:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Michael Zacherl<br class=""><b class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">Cc:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>SYNTH DIY<br class=""><b class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">Subject:</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [sdiy] Cleaning?</span></font><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></font></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">There's a video out there of Kevin Lightner, a well regarded synth tech, washing synth boards with simple green and a shower, and then immediately blowing them dry with compressed air. He's one of many notables no longer with us, unfortunately. There's the usual caveat of don't try this if you don't know what you're doing, but I have always wanted to try it out with one of my own cheaper project synths that is obviously suffering from too much dirt.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></font></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 3:51 AM Michael Zacherl <<a href="mailto:sdiy-mz01@blauwurf.info" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">sdiy-mz01@blauwurf.info</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div></div><blockquote style="border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 1pt; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 0in 0in 0in 6pt; margin-left: 4.8pt; margin-right: 0in;" class="" type="cite"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Hi,<br class="">seeing this photos from the DX1/DX5 parts thread, I’m wondering how to safely clean such boards?<br class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://imgur.com/a/m8NocSS" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://imgur.com/a/m8NocSS</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><br class="">Also asking, because there are open mechanical parts involved, so just rinsing the pcbs is apparently not an option?<br class=""><br class="">Thanks, Michael.<br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Synth-diy mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Synth-diy@synth-diy.org" target="_blank" style="color: blue; 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