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Re: [vintagesynthrepair] New member with Minimoog question

2015-12-13 by Roger J

A worthy undertaking.  My first thought was is it Norlon era or Bob era(more correctly,how many adjustment holes in the back cover}.


The sims, I recall are fiber board, but metal would work, as long as you glue down for ease of assembly.  You want the back of the key to not clank against the case as the key travel up when released, yet have a minimum gap.  The front sims are thicker, so that at key down, the key is level. Piano thing, personal thing, otherwise it could be level at key up, just don't want the key to bang at key down either.




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On Thu, 12/10/15, littleoldsoulmachine@... [vintagesynthrepair] <vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com> wrote:


 Subject: [vintagesynthrepair] New member with Minimoog question
 To: vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Thursday, December 10, 2015, 8:26 AM


  









       Hi everyone, a newbie here.  I have
 worked on many vintage instruments and amps over the years,
 but my latest project is total restoration of a Minimoog - a
 completely new animal to me.  So I'm grateful to the
 moderators for approving me, as I'm sure I can learn a
 lot from the members here.
 Fortunately (or
 unfortunately, depending on how you look at it), I'm
 starting with the very basics, because the Mini I'm
 working with was stripped down all the way to the bare
 chassis.  So the first step will be re-mounting the
 keyboard.  And there's my first problem: I don't
 have the 4 little spacer blocks that it mounts to.  I
 understand they're two different sizes, for the front
 pair and the back pair.  But can anyone tell me how thick
 they are?  It would also be nice to know what kind of
 hardware was used here.
 Thanks!


    






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