Vintage Synth Repair

yes a korg DW8000.

so i take it apart, and use cotton swabs and some sort of liquid and clean 
the back of each key and the contact part of the synth engine...?

should i use alcohol or water?  special formula?


>From: "Scott A. Robb" <soul.lux@...>
>Reply-To: vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com
>To: <vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com>
>Subject: Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Re: AC POWER CORD
>Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 08:30:02 -0700
>
>The thread is a little hazy (it's early, it could be me) but is this for 
>the Korg?
>
>Usually, cleaning the contacts is slightly time consuming but VERY simple. 
>If you bring it somewhere else, you have to realize that for the most part, 
>these people don't give a crap about your property and will pile other gear 
>on top of it while it sets on a shelf for weeks (only weeks if you're 
>lucky, could be months). Once they work on it they'll lay her on her face 
>on a carpeted bench full of bits of wire lead and solder globs and slide it 
>around etc. IOW, most don't give a crap about your stuff, it's just money 
>for them.
>
>If you're really lucky, you'll even get your unit back with most of the 
>fasteners (like the screws to close the cabinet or hold on the wood cheeks, 
>etc.) still there!
>
>If at all possible, do this stuff yourself and stay away from repair shops 
>unless you have absolutely NO OTHER alternative.
>
>I just got a white face Odyssey that the twit's over at MusicTek (North 
>Hollywood, Ca) put some healthy scratches on <eeek>.
>I've been unfortunate enough to buy two Oberheim's that have gone through 
>these people that both took FIVE months to get back! You can pay them a 
>"premium" rate (I think it's $180 an hour) and get on the "fast track" of 
>an 8 week turn around. Both Obies were missin quite a bit of the mounting 
>hardware.
>
>I am going tomorrow to help someone that had their OB-8 there for 5 months 
>and got it back and they had not cleaned all of the contacts. It's under 90 
>day warranty so he took it back and MusicTek has had it 3 months now - just 
>to clean the contacts which they were paid to have supposedly done already! 
>These people REALLY suck!
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Richard Cohen
>   To: vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com
>   Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 6:35 AM
>   Subject: Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Re: AC POWER CORD
>
>
>   yeah... got it!
>
>   no my problem is fixing the keys....
>
>   out of a 61 note keyboard only about 9 work.
>
>   someone mentioned cleaning the contacts...
>
>   is this easy to do at home?
>
>   how much would it be to get it done at samash... where the work is under
>   warranty?
>
>
>   thanks bro!
>
>   >From: "chromal" <chromal.dragon@...>
>   >Reply-To: vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com
>   >To: vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com
>   >Subject: [vintagesynthrepair] Re: AC POWER CORD
>   >Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 00:55:47 -0000
>   >
>   >Richierich954,
>   >
>   >you said you checked out hosa gear, but I wonder if you have
>   >considered their PWC-178, which sounds like what you may be looking 
>for...
>   >
>   >
>   >Good Luck,
>   >Ben
>   >
>   >
>   >--- In vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Cohen"
>   ><richierich954@h...> wrote:
>   > >
>   > > hello everybody...
>   > >
>   > > i just bought a used korg dw8000 (as is) and need a 2 prong IEC
>   >power cord.
>   > >
>   > > i tried radio shack, hosa, guitar center, music stores, and nobody
>   >has them.
>   > >
>   > > any suggestions as to where i can get one of these is greatly
>   >appreciated.
>   > >
>   > > thank you.
>   > >
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