I replaced mine by a replica made from nylon,- since then all is fine since decades.
Yes to 3.)
No to 2.) if the wheel is replaced
Terje,- where are you located ?
I have a new old stock moulded wheel and nylon wiper thingy as replacements and never used.
The nylon wipers are custom made and extremely reliable.
Am 23.02.2011 13:49, schrieb Doug:
Hi,
The spring loaded teflon "wiper" thingy (can't think of a good term for it on only one cup of coffee) would wear and become a bit flat on the surface, thus not wanting to find it's notch in the detent as easily with use.
You can do one of a couple things.
1) File the wiper teflon to a bit more of a point (not really the best approach)
2) Use a drill to enlarge the detent _SLIGHTLY_. A little at a time becauwe a little goes a long way.
3) Replace the wheel with one of the newer moulded versions, though this would kill some of the early serial number's value.
The diode idea someone else suggested is also good, although I don't recall the modification right at the moment. You'll need to do a fair bit of mods to the Mini to get this to work.
Hope that helps.
Doug
--- In vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com, Terje Winther wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> I have a minimoog in for minor service/calibration from a
> professional. Low serial number, and in very good shape.
> The owner wants to have a larger center detent on the pitchbend wheel,
> and playing the mini I kind of agree: it is a bit hard to fint the
> exact center spot.
> The center detent "click" is there, and careful playing in the studio
> is fine, but on the fly live I can imagine some strange off-tune
> unwanted sideeffects.
> I think I remember seeing some mod to augment the center of the
> pitchwheel, but I can´t seem to find this. Anyone heard of this?
> It is the standard, early thin white pitch and mod wheels with smooth
> surface.
> Also, applying large amounts of pitchbend causes the VCOs to bend
> apart in pitch. I don´t think there is an individual calibration for
> this, so I will have to dig into the CV-summer and see what is wrong,
> I think.
>
>
> Terje Winther
> terje.winther@...
> http://www.wintherstormer.no/
>