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--- In AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com, "Ed Edwards" <edward.edwards@v...>
wrote:

> The way your synth is behaving makes me suspious as to the problem
being a major failure.  

...(snip)...

> Try this: open it up and re-seat all chips and cables.  Corrosion is
the enemy.

brilliant diagnosis, doctor. i opened her up and the first thing i saw
was a board that had become unseated. after a 10-minute operation, the
patient is saved! and the prognosis is excellent!

thanks, ed and jon, for the quick and calming replies. i had contacted
the seller (a very cordial lad) and was about to walk out of the house
to ship it back to him for a refund when i saw your posts. instead of
rushing off to ups before it closed, i tried out ed's ideas after
reading jon's suggestion that i calm down and try ed's suggestion. the
result? a happy an1x and a very happy new owner!

apparently, the keyboard's trip to my doorstep was an eventful one.
when i picked up the keyboard saturday, only 1 of the 8 knobs could be
depressed. upon discovering this, that's how i felt: depressed.

after pulling knobs off stalks and putting them on new stalks, i was
able to somehow get 7 of the 8 to work. the final one was coaxed into
behaving with a couple of slips of paper tucked under the knob. voila!
8 out of 8 worked fine!!! time for some sound-mangling. what's that?
only 5 of the 10 voices work? NOOOOOOO!!!! after searching all these
years for the keyboard of my dreams, to have the AN land on my
keyboard stand impaired really shook me up. thanks to you guys, the
story has a happy ending. now i know i'll appreciate the AN even more
than if it had arrived in one piece.

thanks again, guys...