Rhodes Chroma Polaris

--- In chromapolaris@yahoogroups.com, greg rudd <compactor24@...> 
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> Brian, Thanks for the cautionary words. For me dealing with the 
edge connector is no problem. I do a lot of soldering, but the ribbon 
connector is the critical part. I will be very careful applying the 
nail polish remover. I did some testing on some ribbon I had left 
over from my other Polaris membranes. I metered out the traces after 
i was finished and had good continuity. I'll post the results when i 
have completed the repair. I'm leaving it for a weekend project. 
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> Thanks again :)
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> Tek
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> To: chromapolaris@...: sounddoctorin@...: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 20:25:25 
+0000Subject: [chromapolaris] Re: any advice on rebuilding the front 
panel needed .
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> Good news. It appears I've secured a 'shell' that has good 
membraneswitch panel that was lying in a music store somewhere. This 
guy Iknow bought out like three floors of old combo organs and 
synths! Unless I get a lot of money for it though I'll probably pick 
off acheap ebay one with broken switches and just fix it up.However 
in case people don't know I've had 100% success 
repairing'permanently' front panels that break ribbon connectors and 
do NOThave punched out switch covers. I never documented what I do 
becauseI figured about half the people would screw it up and 
permanentlydestroy the unit trying it. It is very very tricky to get 
mypercentage success on this operation you are attempting. Be 
carefulnot to stress any of that brittle material. --- In 
chromapolaris@yahoogroups.com, Brian Murray <bjmur58@> wrote:>> Good 
luck with yours, I had a similar problem. I had to removed theedge 
connector from one of the boards and re-attach wires to connectit 
back to the board. I also mounted one of the connectors on thebottom 
of the boards because the ribbon was too short.> Brian> > > greg rudd 
<compactor24@> wrote:> Hey Brian,> > Thanks for the information. I 
will get some tomorrow. Muchappreciated The membrane in question has 
very little material left soI'll only get on shot at it. > > Thanks 
again> Tek> > > > ---------------------------------> To: 
chromapolaris@yahoogroups.com> From: bjmur58@> Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 
02:58:19 +0000> Subject: [chromapolaris] Re: any advice on rebuilding 
the frontpanel needed .> > Hi,> > "right solvent for the job?"> > 
I'ved used nail polish remover with a Q-tip (cotton applicator), use 
> it very very slowly and it will leave the silver conductor and 
remove > the green insulation. > > Brian > > > > > > > > -------------
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> evenin' all, I too have shot wafer on my membranes and have been 
racking my brains on a solution (apart from butchering the front 
panel with a load of mechanical switches).The idea of relocating the 
edge connectors is a magnificent piece of lateral thinking that I 
wish had occurred to me five years ago!                         
Thanks everyone.                                         
Nick.                                                               
Now where did the missus put that nail varnish remover!
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