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Re: Roland EP-7 piano - any tips on key contact cleaning?

2004-05-05 by westcoastbroke

Tom, thanks for that.

Did you use any sort of cleaning fluid, or did you just wipe with a 
soft cloth?

Thanks..Dave

--- In vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com, thomas napack 
<bad_karma_20895@y...> wrote:
> hi,
> i bought an alpha juno 1 about 3 months ago and i had
> a similar problem. one of the keys would not play
> (regardless of how hard i struck it). what i did was
> cafefully take unscrew the bottom of the synth and i
> was able to dislodge the malfuncting key. upon taking
> it out i wiped off the key's and the internal
> hardware's cotact. this worked perfectly for me. if
> you need any further explenation of anything else.
> tell me.
> tom
> 
> --- Dave Penniless <westcoastbroke@y...> wrote:
> > I just acquired an EP-7 digital piano.  Overall does
> > what it's supposed to do, but two keys will only
> > sound
> > when struck quite vigorously - and then, of course,
> > they're LOUD.
> > 
> > I'm hoping this is a simple case of contacts needing
> > some cleaning.  Am I on the right track?  Are these
> > metal contacts or some sort of conductive rubber? 
> > Appreciate advice on recommended cleaning chemicals.
> > 
> > I'm experienced at doing electronic repair, but not
> > a
> > controller for a keyboard.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance....
> > 
> > WCB Dave
> > 
> > 
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