Wow, thank you!
Yes, it was the tabs that broke off. I found the pieces and I will try
gluing them together tomorrow.
Just making sure I get this straight: I should fill the space around
the spring with epoxi so it can't wiggle from side to side?
Thanking you again for the helpful information,
Philip
--- In korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Bowman" <davidmochen@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Philip,
>
> Don't despair so quickly. I've had a similar problem myself and fixed
> it.
>
> As long as you still have the broken bits you're not lost
> altoghether. I assume the broken parts are those tiny tabs that fit
> into the pair of holes that the metal keyboard chassis has per key.
>
> If that happens to be true, do the following: glue the tabs --
> provided they still lodge into the remaining part of the key-- with
> some cyanoacrylate. ONce it's dry, put the spring in place. THen fill
> the space surrounding the spring with epoxi adhesive, taking care not
> to let the glue go over the void space between the two tabs. Take an
> unbroken key and figure out by comparing.
>
> ONce the epoxi is dry, you'll have the spring fixed, which is not bad
> since anyway that's the way it should be. The epoxi and spring will
> form a tight bounding unit, so the broken tabs or latches will have
> enough resistance for the task required. Just stick the key carefully
> in place and that's all. It worked for me and so it should work for
> you. BTW I had other issues with my keys, such as broken keys at the
> playing surface and breaking of the tiny tab located under the keys
> that prevents them from going upwards beyond the normal level. I
> succedeed in fixing those problemas as well.
>
> Best,
>
> David
>