Vintage Synth Repair

Hi,
 The K88 was actually built in the Baldwin Organ factory. It is 
partly an EP100 with an extra tremolo board and no amplifier. You may 
have power supply problems, we have original service manuals 
available. Contact me off list & I'll give you the contact 
information.
Mr. Lynn in Arkansas
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--- In vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com, Matt Boyle <Mboyle00@o...> 
wrote:
> I am a semi proud owner of a kustom 88.  About 6 months ago it 
stopped
> working, not completely.  If I hook it up to an amp (no internal 
speakers)
> or headphone jack I can still hear the tremolo and the volume 
slider still
> control still works (there is a bit of static but that was there 
before).
> If I hold down the keys and turn it on I get sound and the notes 
sustain and
> it cannot be controlled by the sustain pedal.  After it is on no 
sound comes
> from the keys.  I have to wait for the power to drain before I turn 
it on or
> I get no sound by the method previously stated.  (ie. If I turn it 
on while
> holding down keys turn it off and hit different keys and turn it 
back on
> within about 10 seconds the previous notes are still sustaining.)  
What I am
> pretty sure happened was that a capacitor or two went dead when a 
12" jensen
> speaker was placed on it for an extended period of time.  I know 
that was
> stupid but it was not entirely my fault.  It seems as if not enough 
power is
> getting to the keys to produce sound.  Just the initial current of 
energy
> can do that.  Does anyone know any specific resistors, capacitors, 
etc that
> I should check.  There are an amazing amount of them there.  I am 
not
> expecting anyone to know much about this keyboard in particular but 
I am
> sure that someone has had something similar happen to a like 
piano.  I have
> time if this will be a lengthy process.
> 
> Cheers,
> Matt