Alcohol should work fine. The only Korg who's
keybed I have looked at is the MS-20 so it's probably different than
yours.
If it's like the keybeds (mfg. by Mitsubishi) on
the Korg Mono/Poly, Memorymoog and OB-8 take a look here for cleaning
instructions:
Scott Rider is a brillian man but I would take
slight issue with his suggestion to use an eraser on the contacts, this should
not be necessary. You will want to use it (VERY GENTLY) on the black contact
that is inside the rubber cup though and only a few gentle
swipes. Hate to state the obvious but make sure you tet everything prior to
buttoning it up.
I usually use alcohol followed by a contact
enhancer but the latter is not required.
Scott Robb
----- Original Message -----From: Richard CohenSent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 8:41 AMSubject: Re: [vintagesynthrepair] cleaning keyboard contactsyes 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 .
>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"
> >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"
> > 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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