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Restoring a Minimoog keyboard

2011-03-13 by bliepelt

Hi, new to the group and Hello to everyone!

Might as well jump right in. I have a very nice Minimoog but over the years the keyboard has become practically unusable. There were weird pitch glides and squeaks on certain keys, other stick up.

So I bought a grommet replacement set and started on my self-assigned task.

Alas - little springs started to jump out and I gathered all the already disassembled parts and the keyboard up, packing everything into one box in hopes of salvaging the situation somehow.

I have a quote of $350 for the repair but I wonder if someone might be able to point me in a less expensive direction or if maybe someone has a Minimoog keyboard assembly they'd like to sell me.

Thanks for reading and hopefully I will find a solution.

Ben

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