Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

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
>