Vintage Synth Repair

Thank you for the replys on my post. I'll go try and fix it as soon as
I have the time.

Trond




--- In vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com, "Roy J. Tellason"
<rtellason@...> wrote:
>
> On Sunday 26 August 2007 15:09, GB wrote:
> > > ...so, if a piano-tuner can't tune it, I guess i'll be stuck with my
> > > own ears and a chromatic tuner I guess :-)
> >
> > Your ears will serve you well, but the tuner will only get you in
the ball
> > park. There are so many notes and it's so painfule to do that (I
think) it's
> > a big enough challenge getting  them tuned to each other -- making it
> > absolutely on pitch is very tough.
> 
> A strobe tuner helps.  :-)  Wish I had one these days...
> 
> > > Off to find my soldering-iron...
> >
> > It better be a big soldering iron.  The process is more like soldering
> > copper pipework than electronics. You need a LOT of heat.
> 
> It's not _that_ bad.  I use an Ungar with a 45W element and that's
plenty!
> 
> > I haven't done one since the early 90's and I can't say I miss it.
> 
> Nor do I,  though it's been some time for me as well.  Not only is
the process 
> of tuning them cumbersome,  but you get to align the thing in the
slot each 
> time you have a go at it,  making it more time-consuming.
> 
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