Vintage Synth Repair

I find an opened out paper clips works just fine. Of course you need to know exactly where to push it in... you can easily miss the little sprung blade..!

Cheers,
TOM



--- In vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com, Terje Winther <terje.winther@...> wrote:
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> Thanks - yes, this is what I use now, but it is so fiddly, and often I  
> need to sit there for a while to make them come loose.
> Maybe I am too afraid to break the plasctic sockets.
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> Terje
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> Den 22. juli. 2013 kl. 21.50 skrev John Rose:
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> > If they are the one's I think they are I use a very small flat blade  
> > screwdriver, jewellers screwdrivers are ideal as you can get very  
> > close to the ideal size.
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> > Many thanks
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> > From: vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com 
> > ] On Behalf Of Terje Winther
> > Sent: 22 July 2013 18:22
> > To: vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [vintagesynthrepair] moog flag tool
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> > Hi,
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> > I don´t suppose anyone have an extra "moog flag tool"?
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> > This is the minimoog "flag tool" that you use to release the small  
> > metal "flags" that are inside those white plastic AMP multicontacts  
> > that holds all the PCBs. Used in some other synths as well, but the  
> > minimoog is infamous for these, since you need to remove them and  
> > solder the cables (originally they are only crimped).
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> > So what are people using these days? It says in the service manual  
> > that "if you are careful, you can use a paper clip".
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> > Well, I tried, but I never seem to get the feeling of to do this.
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> > Any hints?
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> > Terje Winther
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> > terje.winther@...
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> > http://wintherstormer.no/
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> Terje Winther
> terje.winther@...
> http://wintherstormer.no/
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