Vintage Synth Repair

--- In vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com, Terje Winther <terje.winther@...> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> I am repairing a Jupiter-8, and the VCO 1/2 balance pot is broken.
> It is an Alps 10KB pot, PCB mount with a 90 degrees bend on the legs.
> The shaft is the split type, and shaft length is 20 mm.
> I have tried a lot of places, but the specific type needed is not to
> be found.
> Does anyone have a spare, or know where I might get one?
>
> Terje Winther
> terje.winther@...
> http://wintherstormer.no/
>
Have you tried searching the ALPS site for the right part (make sure you look for Log (Aud) or Lin as appropriate) and come up with a close match?

http://www.alps.com/WebObjects/catalog.woa/E/HTML/Potentiometer/RotaryPotentiometers/RotaryPotentiometers_list1.html

Whilst you may arrive at an exact match there's no guarantee anyone's ever ordered that specific part and hence you may not find a stockist.

Another manufacturer you may care to try is Alpha Potentiometers, they may do something similar.

http://www.alphapotentiometers.net/index.html

I've just had very similar issues trying to replace a 10k ALPS pot in a volume pedal with one of another value and ended up with another make altogether.

Stockists you could try are Mouser (USA/Worldwide), Farnell (UK/Worldwide), Elfa in Sweden.

Happy hunting.