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Hi George, no it's not difficult and would take you about an hour I
guess. 

Once you've opened up the EMU II, you just need to disconnet the
ribbon cable to the keyboard and unscrew the screws from underneath to
detach it from the bottom chassis. Turn the keyboard assembly over and
you can see the numerous little screws to remove to detach the narrow
back panel/board. The rubber strips are attached to this and will pull
out with a little force. Clean the black top parts of the rubber
strips and the contact board too. Took me a couple of cleans before
all keys worked well. You just need the alcohol based cleaner, some
q-tips (ear bud cleaners) and/or cotton pads. 

The process is very similar to that detailed here for cleaning a Korg
Polysix keyboard: 

http://www.oldcrows.net/~oldcrow/synth/korg/polysix/keyclean.html
 
Good luck with it.

John. 

P.S> Beware of the PSU, I'm told it can retain high voltages even when
turned off if just recently in use.  


--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "George" <trickstar303@...> wrote:
>
> John,
> 
> Thanks for your reply. 
> 
> Is it difficult to disassemble the keyboard to get to the contact 
> board and reassemble it? And how long does it take approximately? Do 
> I need any special tools? Any tips appreciated.
> 
> George
> 
> 
> --- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "jmp701" <jmp70@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi, I can't help you with the IC's or voices I'm afraid but the
> > keyboard is an easy fix. 
> > 
> > Mine was the same when I bought it. You need to detach the keyboard
> > from the chassis and unscrew the back plate/strip, remove all the
> > rubber strips carefully and clean these and the contact board with 
> an
> > alcohol based cleaner and q-tips (I used meths). You may need to do
> > this a couple of times depending on how dirty they are. Re-assemble
> > everything (ensure the rubber strips are correctly seated before
> > putting all back together) and they should work fine after that. Let
> > me know if any further problem.
> > 
> > Good luck with your machine.   
> > 
> > John 
> > 
> > --- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "George" <trickstar303@> 
> wrote:
> > >
> > > 
> > > Another problem is the keyboard. Some keys require to be attacked 
> > > twice or three times with harder velocity in order to play. What 
> > > could be wrong with it. Do you think a cleaning of the contact 
> board 
> > > could solve this? If so, how do I go about this? Could another 
> chip 
> > > problem be causing this problem?
> > > 
> > > Thanks in advance for any help.
> > > 
> > > George
> > >
> >
>