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RE: [vintagesynthrepair] Help of an Arp omni 2... (only the keyboard, not schematics)

2004-12-14 by Hardware_Mister_Ebay

Thank you very much for your reply.

I have contacted them and asked for pricing of the
micromoog pcb.

I will keep you informed.

Regards,


Francisco.

> Francisco,
> You need replacement J-wires and they are a bit hard
> to find these days.
> 
> Try DB Musical Electronics - he's been selling
> Micromoog key board PCB's and
> you can remove the J-Wires. He sometimes has
> auctions up on ebay in the US.
> 
> http://members.aol.com/DBmElect/moog.html
> 
> 
> Some people have reportedly used Guitar strings to
> good effect - I'm haven't
> tried it myself (since I keep some old scrap P-R
> keyboard parts for repairs)
> but I think that an E or B string should work.
> Remember that these aren't
> plated the same as original j-wires (some are gold
> plated) so you might have
> to clean the contacts occasionally.
> 
> mw
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: miaumarramiau [mailto:miaumarramiau@...]
> 
> Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 12:34 PM
> To: vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [vintagesynthrepair] Help of an Arp omni
> 2... (only the keyboard,
> not schematics)
> 
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
>    I own an arp omni 2, and the keyboard is not
> triggering correctly 
> the notes. I have opened it and found that it uses
> little metal wires 
> in each key in order to make contact with a bigger
> 'ground' bar.
> 
> The problem is that several keys have its wires
> missing and I can't 
> seem to find such a metal with its flexibility and
> conductance near 
> me.
> I have heard that other arp keyboards from that time
> worked that way, 
> so I thougt some of you might know which kind of
> metal do I need to 
> repair it and where can I find it.
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> 
> Hardware_Mister.
> Francisco J.
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