Vintage Synth Repair

I've done M1 and O1Ws before, and if it's the same then you need to push the key firmly backwards to bend the metal springy strip under the key slightly more than normal, then it will clear the hook.  Backwards as in, if you're playing the keyboard then push the key via the front tip horizontally away from you.  I recall that it was fiddly because I had to apply quite a bit of pressure.  The spring is a thin flat metal strip about a few inches long which clips beneath the key, and it is bent along it's length just a bit extra to allow the key to be removed.  Hope this helps, of course, the Trident could be entirely different.

Mike.





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> From: eithne6194 <paul@...>
>To: vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com 
>Sent: Friday, 22 February 2013, 10:44
>Subject: [vintagesynthrepair] Korg Trident Key problem
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>I've got a broken 'd' key on my trident and want to take it off so I can repair it (or replace if I get another one). 
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>I can pull the key backwards but the hook on the underside of the key doesn't seem to pull back far enough to get released. I've been gentle with it so far as I don't want to make things worse.
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>Has anyone got any tips on getting the keys off a Korg Trident.
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>I've took keys off many keyboards in the past (Ensonique, yamaha and roland) but this looks a bit trickier than those ... thanks
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